Women and the Challenges of Careers in Industry: A Grounded Theory Research ) Isfahan City Case Study)

This article identifies and analyzes the challenges of women's career in Iranian industry, accordingly, a Grounded Theory Research, which is a qualitative research, is used. Based on purposive sampling method and theoretical saturation criterion, in-depth inter-views were conducted with two expert groups, 19 women in industry and 9 managers in different industries in Isfahan. In a multidiscip-linary way, the challenges of women's career in the industry were formulated based on the categories of interviews and the categories of literature review and observations. Data analysis using data based theory showed that the challenges of women's career path in Iranian industry included: personal challenges, family challenges, and organizational challenges.