Abstract
The unique challenges and experiences of women with regard to their social class backgrounds have largely been overlooked in the study of careers. To shed new light on the role that intersectionality plays in professional careers of women with different social class origins, this study uses a critical realist approach in the analysis of biographic-narrative interviews with 46 women. Results reveal how structural factors affect the women’s agency in their life and career paths as well as how they shape the reproduction and elaboration of gender-class structures. The study contributes to current discourses on women’s career agency and the development of intersectionality theory by suggesting a theoretical model of career agency in intersecting gender-class structures. The model highlights mechanisms that influence women’s careers and thereby deepens the understanding of how different dimensions of gender and social class interact to influence careers of women with different social class backgrounds.
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