more and better representation of women. There are also expectations that an increase in the number of women working in the … news media will increase the positive representation of women. The aim of this paper is to critique the representation of … women leaders and managers in the Nigerian press to assess the extent to which these factors have influenced the …

(captured by ERI and burnout) is stronger for women than for men. Findings The results revealed that the effect of high effort …

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to explore negative and stereotype-threatening depictions of career women in … Hollywood films. The study draws on stereotype threat research to reflect on how such portrayals might undermine women’s career … women presented by 137 films, focusing on negative and potentially stereotype-threatening personal and professional …

academia in that it looks at the professional lives of middle and senior women managers and leaders who are responsible for …-depth semi-structured interviews were carried out with these women and data were also collected from field notes from participant … observation undertaken at three of the institutions. Findings – Whereas some women are moving into positions of authority in the …

Purpose – This exploratory study aims to explore the perceptions and experience of women doctors on working with each … curiosity on how women perceive working with each other in work settings, particularly within the medical profession. Design …/methodology/approach – Twelve women doctors within Australian public hospitals were interviewed through semi-structured informal interviews to …

Purpose – This paper aims to challenge the myth of risk-averseness among women entrepreneurs and analyses risk in the … context of gender. It explores risk perceptions and examines the relationship between the concept of risk and women’s socially … attributed roles. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a qualitative approach, where ten Irish women business owners …

only seven women who have become rectors of public universities in Vietnam. Their experiences are described with a focus on … and personal accounts is used to situate the points of view of Vietnamese women and to argue for the processes of becoming … a rector as an important and significant point for understanding how women gain entry to high‐status and previously all …

representative secondary sources. Findings – The paper considers women professional and managerial employees in Sri Lanka, and … consider investments in childcare support and other flexible work options so that women continue to remain in their careers …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the multi-dimensionality of women managers’ turnover in the United Arab … survey was developed and administered to a convenience sample of 298 local women managers in both sectors. Descriptive … resource policies alone are incapable of retaining women in leadership. Limited sample size and convenience sampling method may …