, along with the weighting system, contributes to undervaluation of clerks jobs, predominantly held by women. The authors also …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges facing Iranian women in the workforce. While Iranian … women's participation in higher education is exceptionally high, their participation in the workforce, especially the public … “ideal” type of bureaucracy as defined by Weber (1922). Moreover, occupational segregation, which limits women's choices, is …

proposed that current policy responses supporting women in the workplace appear to be ineffective in closing gender wage gaps … hiring decisions and whether such decisions include an unwillingness to hire or promote women. As findings were based on … the gender wage gap, but may even exacerbate it as employers may avoid hiring women or continue to pay them less than men …

candidates were largely absent from the pool of candidates in both the primary and general elections. Overweight women, but not …

a UK bank. The work of Bourdieu is used to explore women's position of disadvantage and inequality. As Bourdieu helps us … predict, the women are symbolically constructed as different, and face different problems to men. Women's social capital is … on bank premises within a nine-month period. Six focus groups were held – three with men and three with women in four …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the career success of women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The …-individual experiences of career success. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on in-depth interviews with 26 women managers in … multi-level research design to capture the complexity of women's experience of career success. The findings illustrate how …

‐level experiences and observations of women working in Pakistan's formal employment sector considering issues and challenges facing them …/methodology/approach – Drawing on in‐depth qualitative interviews with 30 working women in Lahore, the paper examines multi‐level issues of women …, agency). In particular, the study highlights unique socio‐cultural and structural challenges facing working women in Pakistan …

‐related practices concerning women in business and education across countries, comparing the patriarchal belt and South Asian countries … opportunities for women to engage in non‐agricultural work in the belt, and, as women’s participation in tertiary education is … touted as an impetus in enhancing women’s opportunities, investigate its effect. Design/methodology/approach – The existence …