interpretations of holy texts; secondly women's limited access to education and skill development; thirdly lack of non … development and joy of agency where there is facilitation and nurturance of women. Originality/value – This Special Issue is …

boundary, women's work and careers. Findings – Knowledge work, ICT and work‐life balance policies are found to increase the … temporal and geographical flexibility of work. Such enhanced flexibility should facilitate women's participation and … significantly prevent women from participating and advancing. Research limitations/implications – Research needs to explicitly …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate women’s financial inclusion as a critical element for the competitiveness of the … institutions’ loans to women-owned SMEs tend to be significantly lower than the share of women-owned SMEs in their target markets … interpretative lens to investigate the topic of women financial inclusion in MENA regions. Reflections herein are supported by an …

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 …

Purpose – This paper attempts to identify the problem areas and developmental issues attached to women … to devise certain stratagems for ensuring women's entrepreneurial growth and SMEs' advancement in the region. Design …, desire, motivations and problems of women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia by an extensive review of the existing literature. The …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to appraise rural women entrepreneurs, running co‐operatives in Greece. The … which 104 rural women members of co‐operatives, who had participated in a specific training program contributed. Anonymous … training programs for rural women co‐operative members.  …

) adoption among working women in Malaysia. Regardless of gender, it would be advantageous for all individuals in today's society … of 315 working women, who participated as respondents in this study. Findings – The findings revealed that the working … women in Malaysia possess only average level of ICT skills. They seldom use the internet and e‐mail at their workplace or at …

‐standard approach by examining programs relative to gender openness in sequence as they relate to women in management education. This …