Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine women managers’ perceptions of forces influencing their career …, interpretive approach is adopted for analysing in-depth interviews with women managers in Saudi HE. Findings The findings of this … study provide an in-depth understanding of Saudi women’s experience in management in HE. This study shows that women face a …

– Results for the education of women have been at a consistently high level for some years. Two themes are found for such … progress: a government strategy to increase women's access to education; societal acceptance of educated women. Gender equality … Emirates will continue to be more positive for women in education than for employment. Research limitations/implications – A …

Purpose – Interest in women entrepreneurs from various backgrounds has led to increased publication in the literature … about particular women's entrepreneurship issues. However, notwithstanding the importance of this area, little information … exists about women entrepreneurs' business practices, survival and growth strategies and their perceptions of entrepreneurial …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in the literature on women who work in the Arab Muslim context … developed multidimensional aversion to women who work scale (MAWWWS). Findings – The paper reveals that Saudi males report very … to the knowledge of the topic of women's employment in Saudi Arabia, which is understudied in academia.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight how women managers in Swedish higher education (HE) both support …-structured interviews with 22 women in senior academic management positions (vice-chancellors, pro vice-chancellors, deans and pro deans) in … ten Swedish HE institutions. Findings – The paper highlights how these women situated themselves in an academic context …

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 …