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Explanations of the Feminization Effects in HR Profession and Beyond

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Eurasian Business Perspectives

Part of the book series: Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics ((EBES,volume 10/1))

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In this paper we aim to find out whether there is an empirical evidence of the queuing and the devaluation theory. Based on one cross-sectional and two longitudinal studies using Cranet Human Resource Management network data we redefine the indicators of Human Resource strategic integration. The paper investigates the characteristics of feminization and Human Resource integration in four regions of the world in two consecutive Cranet surveys (2008/10 and 2014/16); also extends this focus on the Hungarian marketing, Human Resources, and finance recent graduates based on Graduate Career Tracking System database 2011–2014. Our empirical findings add new aspects of gender-effect on the strategic role of Human Resource Management in four regions of the world, further weaken the explanatory power of the two theories. We can conclude our study with a positive statement: the glass ceiling seems to break in the Human Resources, and based on the Graduate Career Tracking System data, sticky floors no more characterize the gender differences in earnings. Human Resources profession seems fully feminized, marketing on its way, but finance succeeds to preserve still its positive characteristics for men.

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    www.cranet.org University of Pécs, as a representative of Hungary is a Cranet member since 2004.

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    The Fresh Graduates database of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 were provided by the Educatio Non-profit Llc.

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This research is supported by the únkp-16-3 new national excellence program of the ministry of human capacities.

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  1. Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Leadership and Organizational Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

    Zsuzsa Karoliny & Norbert Sipos

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  1. Faculty of Political Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin

  2. MUFG Union Bank, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Hakan Danis

  3. Faculty of Tourism, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ender Demir

  4. Eurasia Business & Economic Society, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ugur Can

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Karoliny, Z., Sipos, N. (2019). Explanations of the Feminization Effects in HR Profession and Beyond. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Eurasian Business Perspectives. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 10/1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11872-3_10

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