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Towards a New Theory of Entrepreneurship in Culture and Gender: A Grounded Study of Thailand’s Most Successful Female Entrepreneurs
Hatcher, Caroline A.; Terjesen, Siri A. - 2007
This paper explores the phenomenon of Thailand's female entrepreneurs and account for some of the cultural drivers in the way in which Thai women operate to be the leading country in the world for female entrepreneurship in terms of entrepreneurial activity. Based on interviews, media reporting,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437621
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Female Presence on Corporate Boards: A Multi-country study of Environmental Context
Terjesen, Siri A.; Singh, Val - 2008
A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and firm levels, in single country studies. In this study, we explore the environmental context of female representation on corporate boards of directors, using data from forty-three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437724
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Leading Women Entrepreneurs of Thailand
Terjesen, Siri A.; Hatcher, Caroline A.; Wysocki, Tatiana; … - 2007
"Marriage is like an elephant-- the husband is the front legs that choose the direction, the wife the back legs, providing the power!" – Thai Legend Introduction The Thai legend above illustrates the important yet veiled role of women in Thai society. Women comprise 46% of the labour force,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437726
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Entrepreneurial network composition: An analysis across venture development stage and gender
Klyver, Kim; Terjesen, Siri A. - 2007
Purpose: This study explores gender differences in the composition of entrepreneurs’ networks at four new venture stages: discovery, emergence, young and established. Methodology/approach: ANOVA and linear regression on a sample of 134 female and 266 male entrepreneurs. Findings: Female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437927
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Career advancement in Australian middle managers : A follow-up study
Wood, Glenice - 2006
Purpose - The current study followed up middle managers who had participated in a survey on attitudes to promotion in 1996. The vast majority of the original sample had responded favourably to the question: "Do you want to obtain a senior management position during your managerial career?" In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484593
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What does it take to get to the top : Do middle and senior managers agree?
Wood, Glenice - 2003
Women constitute only approximately 3-5 per cent of Australian senior managers. One possible explanation of their failure to enter senior management in greater numbers is that women in management may have differing perceptions of the necessary prerequisites for promotion to senior roles. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484635
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Happy diamond anniversary JMS! : a decade analysis of the journal of management studies
Krammer, Sorin M. S.; Dahlin, Peter; Doh, Jonathan P.; … - In: Journal of management studies : JMS 61 (2024) 4, pp. 1654-1682
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Numeracy and unemployment duration
Dohmen, Thomas; Van Landeghem, Bert G. M. - 2019
Governments are showing an increasing interest in quantitative models that give insights into the determinants of unemployment duration. Yet, these models oftentimes do not explicitly take into account that unemployment prospects are influenced by personality characteristics that are not being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060752
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Gender equity in education : helping the boys catch up
Paqueo, Vicente B.; Orbeta, Aniceto C. - 2019
, Filipino males were somewhat more educated than females. Now the males are lagging behind the females and the education gender … paper argues that today gender equality advocacy should go beyond the stereo-typical focus on girls' education and pay more … attention to issues that are hurting boys’ education. Failure to pursue win-win strategies to address gender bias in education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009022
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The persistence of the gender earnings gap : cohort trends and the role of education in twelve countries
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Gornick, Janet C.; … - 2018
view. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data, we show that while in terms of attainment of tertiary education women … demonstrate that the role of education in explaining the gender earnings gap has been limited and even decreased over cohorts … education continues. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870151