results also showed that women with higher support from employers, families and colleagues experienced lower interference …

residents, to ascertain their attitudes to men and women's roles, both at home and in wider society. Insights transpired that … women here have gained autonomy in greater access to education, and in financial control, yet there remains much progress … still to be made in seeing women move into political positions and senior leadership positions in business. The underlying …

Purpose – Examines some of the reasons women remain under-represented at the top of organizations, despite developments … in management thinking that appear to reward areas where women traditionally excel. Design/methodology/approach – Looks … at some of the research into leadership skills and draws conclusions regarding the paucity of women in management …

Purpose – This paper aims to observe how the Catalyst Energy college of engineering for women has played a significant … role in helping to train women in fields such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and power production and so … overcome a shortage of qualified women in these fields. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines what gave rise to the …

Purpose – The paper aims to describe how HSBC is supporting women’s progression, rather than simply focusing on … developing females into senior roles, in an attempt to increase the proportion of women at the top of the company. Design … behaviors toward women at senior levels of the organization.  …

It has long been acknowledged that women at work face a unique set of challenges in balancing career with the … change in this area and yet the figures still indicate a low percentage of women at senior management level in almost all … industries. Nearly half the UK’s top 100 companies have no women on their boards and the FTSE Female Index shows that women make …

This article provides human resource professionals and managers with an insight into the under representation of women …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present research findings on the experience of career barriers by women who …' experiences. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with eight women who had changed careers and were analysed to identify the …

an in‐field case study, three different hypotheses regarding women working in the IT sector and their career and … from the findings of the literature review. Findings – The results obtained have proven that married women who are … addition, the glass ceiling was still evident in today's corporations, but mainly affecting the older generation of women …