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The underrepresentation of women in senior positions continues to be a major challenge in higher education and most … other industries. In Australia, the career trajectory for academic women stalls at a lower level than that of their male … program to support women's advancement from senior lecturer to associate professor. This study details the main features of …
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The lack of women in leadership across higher education has been problemitised in the literature. Often contemporary … discourses promote 'fixing the women' as a solution. Consequently, interventions aimed at helping women break through 'the glass … inequalities whereby, regardless of measures implemented for and by women, the problem remains. The precariousness for women of …
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presence of a discriminating inefficient business ecosystem, women entrepreneurs use non-market strategies such as corruption …This study examines the barriers to female entrepreneurship in India's microenterprise sector through society and … bureaucracy. The study uses grammatical genders in languages to capture the societal attitudes towards female entrepreneurship …
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Ever since gaining approval to be admitted to the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), Jordanian women have become more … visible in this sector. Women were recruited in various fields across the military, including administrative posts, education …, and human resources. There is a noticeable gap in the number of women reaching leadership positions despite the quality of …
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In this paper, we analyze the gender issues that are present in the accounting profession, and more precisely, on the … conclusions show that some of the factors that influence women career paths are discrimination, motherhood, glass-ceiling, double …
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This study aimed to explore the employment status of women in the higher educational sector and to uphold women … top management positions; hence, women were less engaged in the decision-making process. Women possess the potential to be … educational institutions still practice discrimination and prefer men over women in executive positions, as well as to show that …
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tackle women's under-representation in senior leadership roles. In a tie-break situation where two candidates are "as … to tackle gender bias, unpack stereotypes and re-appraise how merit is defined and assessed. …
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Companies have been encouraged by policy to place women on board and top management positions. Proposals from … regulators and governance reforms explicitly stress the importance of gender diversity in the boardroom. This paper analyzes the … impact of the presence of women in executive and non-executive positions, as Chairs, CEOs or CFOs, on firm value in the …
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According to gender personality traits, women are more interested in people, whereas men are more interested in things …. The goal of this research is to see if there is a gender gap in financial literacy and if these disparities can be … research. The findings clearly show that women have lower financial literacy than men, but there is no indication that this is …
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generation" perceives entrepreneurship both as a means by which they manifest their desire to control their behavior and as a … the moderating effect of gender and the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between social inclusion and … desire for social inclusion, which influences entrepreneurial intention, and that gender moderates this relationship. Finally …
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