This paper addresses the under-explored relationship between women's structures and union democracy and argues that women's structural progress is mediated by an enduring gendered oligarchy and an associated struggle to access power resources. It provides, first, an analysis over time of women's...

This paper examines the gendered nature of the careers of university professors in Turkey, where 23% of professors are women. This proportion is relatively high compared to Western Europe and the United States, indicating that Turkey is an important country in which to study women and men's...

This article seeks to add discussion of the intersection of gender and ethnicity to the debates on individualism and collectivism. In doing so, it challenges the prevailing view, in these debates, of the rise of individualism and the decline in collectivism. Through a study of black and minority...

In the context of efforts to revitalize unions and the acknowledged need to widen participation within trade unions, this paper argues that women-only trade union education acts as a vehicle for increasing women's participation and for improving their experiences of unions. Drawing on a...

This paper explores the career and work experiences of a little researched group: highly skilled women IT contractors. It considers their reasons for entering the IT field, including the decision to become contractors. It demonstrates the complexity of power and influence of IT contractors and...

Books reviewed: Human Resource Management and Occupational Health and Safety, Carol Boyd. Reviewed by Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary, University of London In the Name of Harmony and Prosperity: Labor and Gender Politics in Taiwan's Economic Restructuring, Anru Lee. Reviewed by Peter Ross,...

1. introduction / Geraldine Healy and Gill Kirton -- 2. Gender, work and unionism in comparative context / Gill Kirton. [et al.] -- 3. Gender, union democracy and leadership / Gill Kirton and Geraldine Healy -- 4. Women union leaders : influences, routes, barriers and enablements / Geraldine...

The paper draws on a qualitative case study of workplace industrial relations in an inner-city secondary school identified as 'failing' and subsequently closed. It considers the way unionized teachers and their representatives interpret, influence and resist the impact of centralized managerial...