BACKGROUND: Literature and Justification
"My research is an attempt to
make available more knowledge of single female parents in professional
leadership positions. My intentions are
to try and motivate and give guidelines in making accomplishment of sustaining
these occupations more successful. Whilst
being able to acquire more in depth awareness to benefit myself and others who
fit these demographic profiles or who may be interested in this area of study.
Therefore, the research
intends to contribute to any previous research which has identified any factors
that may delay or prevent these positive professional advancements, thus
enabling female parents to utilise as preventative positive resolutions to
enable career development. However, this
research also intends to highlight any contributory research on the positive
aspects of female parents’ career advancement.
My choice of research
topic is mainly due to personal interest in single parents and their career
potentials in senior occupational posts.
As a single parent myself with twin babies and a teenage son and having
great aspirations of becoming a senior manager, with past experiences in
managing a 25-team organisation with great discomfort, and my previous studies
in Business. I am completely fascinated
by in depth research to obtain more understanding of the favourable and disadvantageous
variables associated with obtaining and sustaining a leadership profession.
My previous studies were
in related areas such as sociology, psychology, specific business modules such
as, behaviour at work, understanding the nature of work, transitions in work, human
resources in organisations, as well as organisational and strategic management,
accounting and finance, as well as 15 years experience in office administration
with some 5 years in supervisory and first line management positions within the
public and third sector as well as a small proportion of employment within the
private sector. These experiences I feel
do add to my philosophy in being able to offer some contribution towards this
study.
The intentions of this
research are also to gain more insight into the possibilities and motivational
factors which could assist me and others similar to me in achieving a senior
management role in business. These are some
of the reasons why the research is worth my endeavours.
There have been various academic sources of literature available specifically related to single parents and on the other disciplines of business management. There are also sources that combine both elements. The subject areas that would be utilised to aid this compilation may come under three separate disciplines, namely human resource management, recruitment and selection but mainly areas considered with leadership within the business management discipline. There are various secondary and tertiary sources of data available that can be accessed and with some guidance through primary sources. These types of data derive from books, journals, statistics, government surveys, dissertations, government data and various newspaper articles.
There have been various academic sources of literature available specifically related to single parents and on the other disciplines of business management. There are also sources that combine both elements. The subject areas that would be utilised to aid this compilation may come under three separate disciplines, namely human resource management, recruitment and selection but mainly areas considered with leadership within the business management discipline. There are various secondary and tertiary sources of data available that can be accessed and with some guidance through primary sources. These types of data derive from books, journals, statistics, government surveys, dissertations, government data and various newspaper articles.
My particular research is
more centred on specifically obtaining leadership or management roles in
business, as a single mother in the global economy. This area of study seems to not have as much
research as the previous and present studies I have read because literature
related to this specific business management role on their own, but not a lot
of information having the two elements combined together.
I will draw on previous
studies and concepts within equal opportunities and human resource and
selection theories as well as the nature of management and leadership and the
various perspectives associated with them. "(©Saldeba N.)
Saldebas Management Consultancy' Research
