ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses new developments in the international senior managerial career move, by conducting empirical research with fifty female senior international managers in Europe. Another of the thematic areas arising from the interviews is that of mentoring. The data regarding the role of mentors, in the senior female international career move, are presented and discussed in relation to other studies on mentoring. The fifty managers, all of whom have reached senior management positions, believe that they need to be as well qualified, or in some cases more qualified and more mobile than male managers. The research revealed that, in an international management context, a mentoring relationship is even more important than in domestic management. Female managers in token positions, in comparison to their male colleagues, suffer more career disadvantages. The interviewees suggested that partaking in international assignments helped them to change their former management styles, as they developed their own style of management which they felt more comfortable with.
