This study asks how men's and women's careers diverge following MBA graduation from an elite university, using qualitative interview data from 74 respondents. We discover men and women follow three career pathways post-graduation: lockstep (stable employment), transitory (3 or more employers), and exit (left workforce). While similar proportions of men and women followed the lockstep pathways and launched accelerated careers, sizable gender differences emerged on the transitory pathway; men's careers soared as women's faltered on this path-the modal category for both. On the transitory path, men fared much better than women when moving to new organizations, suggesting that gender may become more salient when people have a shorter work history with a company. Our findings suggest that clear building blocks to promotions reduce gender bias and ambiguity in the promotion process, but multiple external moves hamper women, putting them at a clear disadvantage to men whose forward progress is less likely to be stalled by such moves.

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性别与MBA：职业发展轨迹，机构支持和成果方面的差异。

这项研究使用来自74位受访者的定性访谈数据，询问一所精英大学的MBA毕业后，男女职业之间的差异。我们发现，男性和女性在毕业后遵循三种职业道路：锁定步调（稳定的工作），暂时性（3个或更多雇主）和退出（左劳动力）。尽管有相同比例的男人和女人走上了紧要关头的道路并加速了职业发展，但在短暂的道路上却出现了巨大的性别差异。男性在这条道路上步履蹒跚，而女性则步履蹒跚，这两种职业都是模范职业。在短暂的道路上，男性在加入新组织时的表现要好于女性，这表明当人们在公司工作的时间较短时，性别可能会变得更加突出。