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Recruitment initiatives aimed at increasing the gender diversity within ITEC employment

Evans, Christina - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 31 (2012) 8, pp. 741-752

gender diversity within information technology, electronics and computing (ITEC) organizations. Design … introduced with the assumption that these would enable organizations to build a more gender diverse workforce: revisiting job … requirements to make them more appealing/accessible to women and the adoption of competency frameworks, assumed to be “gender …

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Silence in the sexual agenda of a UK probation service

Beckett, C. - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 31 (2012) 8, pp. 753-767

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to interrogate ways in which sex and sexual orientation are excluded from the agenda of work relationships in one probation service. Design/methodology/approach – The research was conducted through conversational interviews with members of a team...

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Othering women: fluid images of the ideal academic

Bleijenbergh, Inge L.; van Engen, Marloes L.; … - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2012) 1, pp. 22-35

Purpose – In the context of research on the career advancement of women and men in academia, this paper aims to reflect on how deans at six schools of a Dutch arts and a Dutch sciences‐based university construct the image of the ideal academic, and on how these images are gendered....

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Appearance discrimination in employment

Cavico, Frank J.; Muffler, Stephen C.; Mujtaba, Bahaudin G. - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2012) 1, pp. 83-119

Purpose – The article aims to provide a discussion of societal norms concerning “attractiveness,” the existence of appearance discrimination in employment, the presence of “preferring the pretty”, and then the authors examine important civil rights laws that relate to such forms of...

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The gender subtext of new public management‐based work practices in Swedish health care

Hedegaard, Joel; Ahl, Helene - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2013) 2, pp. 144-156

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework for researching gender equality implications … health care delivery. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on literature from gender in organizations, new public … strictly on formal merits. Originality/value – A gender analysis of a seemingly anti‐hierarchical management model is an …

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Self‐reflexivity scrutinized: (pro‐)feminist men learning that gender matters

Styhre, Alexander; Tienari, Janne - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2013) 2, pp. 195-210

authors analyze their own experiences as (pro‐)feminist men in the field of gender studies. Findings – The authors argue that …

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Self‐reflexivity as the practice of empathy

Katila, Saija; Meriläinen, Susan - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2013) 2, pp. 211-216

gender matters” (Styhre and Tienari, 2013). Design/methodology/approach – The following discussion seeks to build on Styhre …

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Doing of gender and scientific knowledge production

Eriksson‐Zetterquist, Ulla - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2013) 2, pp. 217-222

teaching that relate to the special circumstances of doing gender research. Design/methodology/approach – When reading about … reflections evoked by the text vis‐à‐vis her own experiences of doing research in the gender field. During recent decades, she had … the opportunity to explore various organizing issues in her research, from technology and organizational change to gender …

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Women at the top

Atewologun, Doyin; Doldor, Elena - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 32 (2013) 2, pp. 223-229

gender, while a few others discussed contextual factors shaping women's leadership journeys such as life experiences and …

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Dress and appearance codes in the workplace Gender, sexuality, law and legal institutions

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