The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk...

In the current world, women are working in almost all the type of jobs demonstrating that there is no gender difference in work. Work-life balance is one of the supreme challenging issues being encountered by the women employees in the 21st century. Work- life balance means the extent to which...

This paper examines the effects of actual work schedules (e.g., shift, rotating, flexible) and work schedule control fit on work-family conflict and synergy using data (N=2822) from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce. Gender and work schedules interacted to predict work...

Work-from-home was adopted at an unprecedented scale worldwide as a result of COVID. Now the work practice is expected to stay post-pandemic as well, in some form. However, as regards its impact on women workers, researchers and practitioners often discuss work-from-home in absolute and...

The contributions to this collection examine the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the MENA region before and after the Arab Spring, with particular attention to the role of gender and the ways in which policies translate into economic outcomes