Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers in this special issue and some issues surrounding choosing management as a career. A jointly developed questionnaire is also presented. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is descriptive in nature. Findings – It is crucial...

Purpose – To explore whether workaholism seems to be a pre‐requisite for success in the high‐technology industry. Design/methodology/approach – Survey results from a team of fourteen managers are used as a case study, to examine tendencies believed to relate to workaholism. A variety of...

Purpose – The paper addresses the influence of culture and gender on the choice of a management career among men and women MBA students in Israel, the USA, the UK, Turkey, Cyprus, Hungary and India. The culture by gender comparison enabled an examination of five theories: two that focused on...