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Purpose – Retailing as a sector employs many women and serves a female‐dominated customer base. It also employs … proportionately more women in management positions than in other occupational sectors. However, at senior levels, the proportion of … women to men diminishes. This paper aims to examine the perceived facilitators and problems of senior retail managers …
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) adoption among working women in Malaysia. Regardless of gender, it would be advantageous for all individuals in today's society … gender imbalance, particularly in developing countries such as Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a self … of 315 working women, who participated as respondents in this study. Findings – The findings revealed that the working …
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‐standard approach by examining programs relative to gender openness in sequence as they relate to women in management education. This …Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to examine the effect of gender openness on female student … ( n =47). Findings – Results show that gender openness progresses sequentially and is an effect of programmatic size …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of some salient research relating to mentoring for women … to explore some of the issues that continue to be pertinent for the mentoring of women managers. Findings – The paper … explores some of the early arguments promoting mentoring for women in the light of more recent research. From the literature …
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, however. Practical implications – While men (and women) continue to work very long hours in the UK, while the gender pay gap … women do not progress in accountancy to the same extent as men, and earn considerably less. The qualitative evidence … suggests that some residual gender discrimination is still present, but more important are the difficulties in combining paid …
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/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 530 managerial and professional women and men in Canada using an anonymously completed … the effects of “extreme jobs” on managerial women.  …
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negatively impacted the unattractive‐looking female athletes in this study, providing further support that when women demonstrate … characteristics considered to violate appropriate gender roles, they will be punished for such violations. These findings are a … attractiveness as reported in research that has examined this influence for women in social and managerial settings. The results of …
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insight into gender differences regarding male and female involvement in entrepreneurial education and as to their “pre … the Greek context. The value derived aids the development of curricula tailored to gender distinctive needs and demands.  …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the range of theoretical underpinning used to explain women …/methodology/approach – Drawing upon theoretical explanations in the “women in management” and “women expatriates” literature, four main theoretical … domains are identified that are used to understand and explain their continuing low representation as expatriates: women …
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can affect the network composition of female managers. Another of its objectives is to examine the effect of cross‐gender … show that positive attitudes towards women's leadership qualities and higher ratio of females in top management positions … are associated with a lower cross‐gender instrumental network for females. Perceived discrimination or being married …
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