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 …

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 …

‐who competency for Taiwanese women managers. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative research drew on in‐depth interviews with … perceptions of the development of knowing‐who, through networks. Findings – Women emphasized the benefits of acquiring and … developing networks from undertaking the EMBA. Cultural values impacted women's perceptions of networking. Research limitations …

the workplace. This is particularly true when female employees are managed by women. Various expectations can be … ascertained and organized into three overlapping themes. In essence, women employees expect women managers to understand them …

by women in business contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The authors reviewed a wide array of published works on … perceptions and challenges women face. Findings – The literature on the reviewed four aspects suggests that the most effective … leadership style is transformational leadership – the style of leadership that is most often associated with women. It was also …

by women in business contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The authors reviewed a wide array of published works on … perceptions and challenges women face. Findings – The literature on the reviewed four aspects suggests that the most effective … leadership style is transformational leadership – the style of leadership that is most often associated with women. It was also …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore reasons why there are so few women in creative departments of … gender gap, the creative department of advertising agencies as an “old‐boys network,” reasons why women leave creative jobs …, and why advertising targeting women as consumers is so bad. Practical implications – Women opt out of advertising agencies …

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 …