very high levels of leadership and the sticky floor metaphor implies that women are prevented from any advancement beyond …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the most common general metaphors for women’s leadership: the glass … status of women leaders, the authors also discuss recent research on the power of metaphor to illustrate concepts and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study with British women managers, which explored the … career‐competencies framework of Knowing‐how, Knowing‐why and Knowing‐whom. Findings – Women aged between 30 and 34 years … generalisability; however, it exposes the need to clarify the concept of career stage for women. Practical implications – Business …

experiences of women managers/directors in senior positions within a variety of organizations. All of these papers demonstrate … that despite their economic empowerment, these women are still strongly connected to the domestic realm through their … authors comment on how contemporary notions of merit and choice individualise women's experience within organisations …

Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Editorial -- Women face a labyrinth: an examination of metaphors for women leaders … -- Respectable femininity: a significant panel of glass ceiling for career women -- A better career environment for women: developing …

psychological health of women and men in managerial and professional jobs in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Data were … collected for 94 men and 48 women in managerial and professional jobs in Turkey. Comparisons of women and men using one …‐way ANOVA provided considerable support for the hypotheses. Findings – Women and men were found to differ on many personal …

Purpose This study aims to examine perceptions in Kuwait about women’s leadership in management. Design … widespread acceptance of women in leadership positions. Respondents feel that characteristics of women vs men managers are … selected Asian and Western countries and summaries of multiple small surveys in Kuwait on women in management. The surveys were …

constitutes the intersection of sex, gender, and leadership. Design/methodology/approach – The proportions of women in positions … of power and authority, leader preferences, leader stereotypes, attitudes toward women as leaders, linkages of leadership … phenomenon that occurs despite what leadership theories and field evidence would suggest. Research limitations …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how men and women sex stereotype managerial positions and how they … view women in managerial roles in Egypt and the USA, in order to provide meaningful cross‐cultural comparisons. Design …/methodology/approach – The study uses surveys that utilize the Schein descriptive index and the women as managers scale (WAMS) to compare …

‐depth interviews with women in an international consulting firm. The analysis was conducted using Nvivo software. Findings – The paper … shows that contrary to the contentions of preference theory, work‐centred women do not face unfettered choice in their … the presence of structural constraints which impact on women's career choices. Further research to develop these themes …