Discusses the role of women in management in the Nigerian Civil Service (NCS). The number of men in management in the … NCS far exceeds the number of women. Women also function in a Nigerian society permeated by gender stereotypes. Tries to … of male and female managers who have the required experience and knowledge of women issues. The findings show that the …

Despite popular portrayals of women's current success in public accounting, labour force statistics indicate that few … women actually advance to partnership level positions. Accounting research on the scarcity of female partners tends to … approach this issue from a person‐centred perspective and to focus on the characteristics of women as an explanation for their …

and Gilson, although from the mid‐nineteenth to mid‐twentieth century, when men were dominant in any arena relating to …

Older men can and do experience abuse in various forms, even though men are more usually seen as perpetrators than … victims. This paper argues that agencies must train their workers to acknowledge that men can be victims, not only of ‘husband …‐battering’ but of other forms of abuse, too. Giving abused men ‘permission to speak’ is also vital.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize and reflect on four presentations at the 2010 Women of Color in the … Academy Conference which focused on strategies that are beneficial to women, especially women of color, to overcoming barriers … these strategies may assist women, especially women of color, to attain greater success rates in their graduate education …

description of the Gender in Management track at the 2007 British Academy of Management (BAM) Annual Conference held at Warwick …

women continue to hinder the progress of their female colleagues in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – Presents … three examples of women who held back the advancement of their female colleagues. Findings – Highlights the “crab … this behavior may partially be explained by the fact that women may have to work harder for promotion. Originality …