Purpose – Looks at the barriers that prevent women achieving equality in the workplace and examines how they may be … managers to create a safe space for women to speak out against discrimination as, even though the organization may be aiming at …

the workplace. This is particularly true when female employees are managed by women. Various expectations can be … ascertained and organized into three overlapping themes. In essence, women employees expect women managers to understand them …

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

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 …