Development within the job: the influence of organizational characteristics on differences in job development between men and women This article investigates employee development within jobs, in terms of changes in income and importance. Focus is on the influence of five organizational characteristics on the job growth of women versus men. For the analyses we use a data set containing 28 Dutch organizations and 1046 employees. After controlling for individual and job characteristics women and men do not change at different rates in their jobs. Organizational characteristics either have an influence opposite to what was expected or their effect is not different for women versus men. Human capital characteristics are particularly well-suited ...