Psychological Capital and the Journey of Executive Women

<p>This qualitative phenomenological study examined the psychological success factors of the  executive woman as well as the use of psychological capital. Open-ended semi-structured interviews  were conducted to determine what these women considered success strategies and to determine the  extent these executives used the tenants of hope optimism resilience and self- efficacy as  psychological strategies for success. Twenty female executives with the titles of Vice-President  Senior Vice-President President CEO COO CNO Dean Assistant Dean and General Counsel were interviewed. The results indicate that determination in hard work attitude and risk taking were the most common strategies women listed as contributors to their success.  Additionally all women reported using optimism resilience and self-efficacy as means to succeed. Hope was used as a strategy in eighteen of the twenty females with two females indicating that hope is not a resource they used at all.</p><p><br></p>