managers' perceptions of their organizations in relation to women's career progression. Design/methodology/approach – The … organizational culture, practices, and networks, while mentoring and tokenism were shown to be less critical. In addition, the women … appreciation of the implicit barriers to women's career development and retention, will help organizations engage with the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight gendered media constructions which discourage women's acceptability … newspapers, government web sites, worldwide web relating to the UK 2010 government election, women MPs and in particular … representations of Harriet Harman and Theresa May. Findings – Media constructions of UK women political leaders are gendered and …

law. Findings – In spite of its limitations and the wide pay gap that still exists between men and women, many female … workers have benefited from Ontario's progressive Pay Equity Act. In targeting the discriminatory aspect of women's work … evaluations, the Act has resulted in pay increases for thousands of women, especially in the public sector. Practical implications …

Purpose – Labeling women as risk‐averse limits the positive benefits both women and organizations can gain from their … risk taking. The purpose of this paper is to explore women's risk taking and reasons for stereotype persistence in order to … inform human resource practice and women's career development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on literature …

“inclusive” model of leadership. Findings – Statistics regarding the intransigence in progress in the representation of women …

the careers of women managers during the last 25 years, a time period that has been transformational in many ways for UK … indicate that progress of women in retail management positions has been slow and they are still under‐represented at senior … levels of UK companies. Barriers to women's ascension to senior management positions persist, and can be broadly related to …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look back since the first edition of what was then Women in Management Review … historical work on issues central to the literature and practices associated with women/gender in management. It also draws on … that early thinking. Findings – The paper emphasises the importance of differentiating women in order to understand the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the research gap on Lebanese women managers and to demonstrate how … gender, work, and family factors influence the career advancement of women managers. Design/methodology/approach – The … research is qualitative in nature. A total of 32 in‐depth face‐to face interviews were conducted with 32 women managers …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider whether golf functions as a networking barrier for women in … if differences in tee box placement between men's and women's tees would predict participation and salaries in networking …‐oriented professions. Findings – The analyses indicate that differences in tee box placement between men's and women's tees did predict …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the idea of “opting out” for married professional women by presenting … attempting to explain and predict women's career exit. Design/methodology/approach – Research from the identity, social networks … conceptual model developed in this paper, that helps to explain married professional women's career exit. Findings – Development …