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Setting an agenda for women entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Madichie, Nnamdi O. - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 26 (2011) 3, pp. 212-219
podium in recent years – i.e. women in management. Design/methodology/approach – The paper's approach is strictly qualitative … in nature – a narrative analysis of a single book on women written by “a woman of status” – Dr (Mrs) Faseke, a graduate …). Findings – This paper acknowledges the “silent voices” of African women, drawing upon a publication that was encountered purely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744265
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Early‐career outcomes and gender: can educational interventions make a difference?
Langowitz, Nan S.; Elaine Allen, I.; Godwyn, Mary - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 28 (2013) 2, pp. 111-134
‐career progress regardless of gender. Findings – Differences are apparent out of the starting gate for women in early‐career stages … development programs may play in supporting women's early‐career success and the need to advise young women to negotiate more … findings suggest that concerted focus on support for women students' development may enhance their early‐career outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744330
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Gender differences in work experiences and satisfactions of Norwegian oil rig workers
Burke, Ronald J.; Berge Matthiesen, Stig; Einarsen, Stale; … - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 2, pp. 137-147
Purpose – The present study sets out to compare women ( N =24) and men ( N =613) working on Norwegian oil rigs in the … health. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using questionnaires from 1,022 women and men, a 59 percent … were observed, suggesting that those women that continue in this occupation compare favorably with their male colleagues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744134
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Diversity management discourse meets queer theory
Bendl, Regine; Fleischmann, Alexander; Walenta, Christa - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 6, pp. 382-394
Purpose – The paper's aim is to examine how diversity management discourse reproduces heteronormative essentialist notions of identity in organisations. Design/methodology/approach – This is a critical analysis of diversity management discourse that draws upon concepts, frames and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744151
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Psychometric evaluation of the “Men's Polarized Gender Thinking Questionnaire (MPGQ)”
Bergman, Bodil; Larsman, Pernilla; Löve, Jesper - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 29 (2014) 4, pp. 194-209
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a new measure of gender equality at male-dominated workplaces, allowing quantitative analyses of men's beliefs about gender-based inequality at work. Design/methodology/approach – The present paper examines a questionnaire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744610
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Policies that make a difference: bridging the gender equity and work-family gap in academia
O'Brien, Katharine Ridgway; Martinez, Larry R.; Ruggs, … - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 30 (2015) 5, pp. 414-426
Purpose – This paper aims to highlight interventions that promote female (and male) faculty’s ability to balance work-family issues at a specific academic institution, in response to a demand in the literature that examines the intersection between research and implementation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744407
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The relationship between feminist/womanist identity and leadership styles of women managers in Turkey
Çınar Altıntaş, Füsun; Hakan Altıntaş, Murat - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 3, pp. 175-193
‐based survey, show that the feminist/womanist approaches held by women influence a variety of leadership styles. While feminist … research; therefore, the results only reflect the opinions of women from large organizations. Practical implications – Feminist …/womanist lines of thought that emerged as extensions of the women's movement have also impacted upon the executive branches of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744137
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Power and politics in gender research: a research note from the discipline of accounting
Haynes, Kathryn - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 7, pp. 528-532
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a research note exploring how feminist methodologies could bring new insights into research on gender in the accounting context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies some central tenets of feminist research methodology to a brief...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744162
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Feminist attributes and entrepreneurial identity
Orser, Barbara J.; Elliott, Catherine; Leck, Joanne - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 26 (2011) 8, pp. 561-589
. The nomenclature can be used by women‐focused trainers to help clients to recognize their entrepreneurial attributes …. Social implications – The study may assist women in recognizing identity synergies and conflicts (e.g. within themselves and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744288
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All at sea – gender and leadership in Britain’s Royal Navy (RN)
Dunn, Michael - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 30 (2015) 6, pp. 434-456
answer the research question “Do men and women lead in different ways?”. Design/methodology/approach – The research collected …-ranking officers, equally split between men and women and drawn from the main branches in the RN. Findings – There is a significant … gender deficit in the RN officer cadre with no women senior-ranking RN officers currently in post. A model of RN leadership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014744754