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- ItemAntecedents for and outcomes of the pursuit of customised careers for millennial women in skilled occupations.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12) Van Huyssteen, Serina; De Wet, M.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. Industrial Psychology.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to contribute to the field of Industrial and Organisation Psychology by shedding light on the increasing diversity of gender and generation which make up the global workforce today and how this diversity could alter an organisation’s strategies in attracting and retaining the most valuable employees. With this in mind the study explores the work-life values and -preferences which drive millennial women currently active in the workplace. The focus is on career customisation, which includes several work time and work location alternatives (part-time work, flexi-hours, time banking, compressed work work, job sharing, telecommuting, hot-desking, agency employment, portfolio careers) as well as the manner in which work-life conflict and work-life enrichment is impacted by career customisation. The research question is formulated around the antecedents which facilitate millennial women to actively pursue career customisation, especially in terms of their generation and the development of technology. In addition, the study explores the outcomes of career customisation for women on an individual level, for their families and for their careers, questioning whether the gains were worth the sacrifices. Furthermore their views are explored regarding the potential benefits of career customisation for organisations. Great care was taken to ensure adherence to ethical research guidelines during the research process. The research strategy and design consisted of a qualitative nonexperimental method using semi-structured questionnaires and symbol discussion in one-on-one interviews with thirteen individual millennial women of various races and millennial generation age categories active in a several forms of customised careers. Strategies to ensure quality of data were based on the confirmability, credibility, dependability and transferability of the data. Sampling of the participants was done by combining snowball sampling and purposive sampling. Data analysis and interpretation followed a process of idea categorisation which resulted in the identification of interrelated concepts in the material, from which themes and sub-themes were extracted. Seven main themes and twenty-two sub-themes emerged from the data. As main themes the millennial mind-set, the social culture which the woman forms part of and the prevailing organisation culture of their organisation were all themes which were indicated to be driving forces towards the pursuit of a customised career. In terms of outcomes of the pursuit of a customised career the main themes included mostly positive implications on the levels of individual well-being and the household as well as the benefits to the organisation if career customisation is accommodated. Lastly the need for organisations to embrace the reality of a changing work environment was indicated as a separate theme by the participants. These main- and sub-themes were discussed in depth, after which a structural model was created as visual representation of the associations between themes. Lastly the limitations of the study were discussed along with suggestions for further studies which could be valuable on the same or related subjects.