Equal Opportunities International: Volume 25 Issue 4

The role of leadership theory in raising the profile of women in management

Uma D. Jogulu, Glenice J. Wood

To consider how leadership theories have helped or hindered raising the profile of women in management and leadership roles.

Effective leadership and successful career advancement: perspectives from women in health care

Margaret M. Hopkins, Deborah A. O’Neil, Diana Bilimoria

This exploratory study describes the images of effective leadership and successful organizational advancement held by women in numerous positions in the health care fields.

Latinas and black women: key factors for a growing proportion of the US workforce

Faye Cocchiara, Myrtle P. Bell, Daphne Perkins Berry

To compare and contrast the experiences, challenges, and career mobility of black women and Latinas in the workplace.

Time out of work: career costs for men and women US managers

Joy Schneer, Frieda Reitman

This study examines the impact of employment gaps on career success for men and women managers. Women have had concerns about their ability to achieve career success in managerial…

Work engagement among women managers and professionals in a Turkish bank: Potential antecedents and consequences

Mustafa Koyuncu, Ronald J. Burke, Lisa Fiksenbaum

The paper aims to examine potential antecedents and consequences of work engagement in a sample of women managers and professionals employed by a large Turkish bank.

Men and women small business owners in Israel

Ayala Malach‐Pines, Dafna Schwartz

Few studies address the gender of small business owners (SBO) and those that do report inconsistent results. These inconsistencies are related to a controversy regarding gender…

Women's career development: recent international research

Ronald J. Burke