The underlying antecedents and consequences of Lebanese women’s career interruptions -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the different factors that shape and dictate women’s career interruption decisions. This was done to come up with practical implementations that can help companies and HR managers better retain and cater to their female workforce. Our study consists of semi-structured interviews of 15 women who had one career interruption of 3 months or more. Our results show that women in our sample were mostly pushed out of the workplace whose culture and practices were incompatible with their other roles due to a lack of satisfying options. Most of our participants also emphasized the prevalence of balance in their lives as they aimed to balance their traditional gender roles with their ambitions and careers