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 …

historical work on issues central to the literature and practices associated with women/gender in management. It also draws on …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look back since the first edition of what was then Women in Management Review … that early thinking. Findings – The paper emphasises the importance of differentiating women in order to understand the …

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the career experiences of seven women who have developed successful careers in … has for women's career theory in China. Design/methodology/approach – Personal narrative method is used to explore the … women's cumulated experiences of career management in order to draw out their feelings and attitudes. Findings – Findings …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of gender diversity (in executive boards and top management … curvilinear relationships are theorized between gender diversity on boards and firm performance based on different theoretical … through curvilinear relationships. Practical implications – The propositions provide a strong argument for having more women …

barriers to the progress of women which included gender discrimination, lack of respect from male colleagues and insensitive …. The study specifically concentrated on the barriers to the upward mobility of women, based on constructs such as social … organisations on how to facilitate the growth of women in senior management. Design/methodology/approach – This study comprises a …

analytical review of six papers from the Gender, Diversity and Management track of the European Academy of Management Conference …, showing how socio‐cultural and political location has an important bearing on gender and diversity work identities …

is helpful when revising the theoretical models used in gender research. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on this …‐operating registers of knowledge and power, may inform gender and diversity studies and organization theory in general. Rather than …, gender theory, and diversity management literature through introducing the concept of intersectionality as a helpful tool …

existing policies addressing gender‐related employment disparities in the USA, and to provide an initial empirical illustration … management (TQM) to the topic of gender‐related employment disparities, followed by an empirical illustration using US Current … Population Survey data and a gender equal employment opportunity (EEO) scorecard. Findings – Using the TQM framework, company …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of cultural values on gender gap. Design …/methodology/approach – First, by relying on the extant literature, the concepts of cultural values and gender gap are framed and variables are … show that controlling for the effects of socio‐economic variables, culture still has important implications for gender gap …