Editorial

Citation

Ozbilgin, M. (2007), "Editorial", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 26 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/eoi.2007.03026aaa.001

Editorial

In the first issue of 2007, there are three research papers, two conference reports and two book reviews. The paper by Diana Woodward examines women managers in universities in Britain and explores their strategies for accommodating work demands across constituent aspects of their lives. The study suggests that women managers experience intense demands on their time and performance. Due to their minority status at work, they continue to feel the pressure to perform above and beyond the average. The author explains that flexible work policies do not present a panacea for this group, as the intensity of work demands cannot be reduced through flexibility.

Philip Young P. Hong and Shanta Pandey examine individual and structural aspects of human capital and demonstrate its linkages with poverty. The study reveals that human capital is not only an individual issue, although this is permissible in contexts where there is full employment and the link between education and employment is strong. In circumstances, when this is not the case, the nexus between human capital and paid work may lead to vicious cycles which entrap disadvantaged populations in poverty. Studying four different diversity actors in the British health services sector, Geraldine Healy and Franklin Oikelome reveal the dynamics of the interrelationship between these actors. The study reveals complexities of replacement and complementarity among these actors and point to the usefulness of the new industrial relations actors in broadening the scope of activities in the field of equality and diversity.

There are two conference reports in this issue. Georges Aoun reports on an international forum on managing diversity, which was scheduled to take place in Lebanon when the violence erupted in the late 2006. The report summarises the sessions that were scheduled to take place. The second conference report is by Eddy S Ng, who reviews ten papers presented at the 2006 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference in Banff, Alberta.

There are two book reviews presented. Karl-Dieter (KD) Opp reviews Intentional Social Change. A Rational Choice Theory by Yoshimichi Sato (Trans Pacific Press, 2006). Hulya Dagdeviren reviews Overcoming Inequality in Latin America – Issues and Challenges for the Twenty-first Century, edited by Ricardo Gottschalk and Patricia Justino (Routledge, 2006).

Mustafa Ozbilgin