Women in Management Review: Volume 19 Issue 8
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Should they learn to interrupt? Workplace communication strategies Australian women managers forecast as effective
Mary BarrettThe paper discusses some gender debates in linguistic behaviour and suggests how scenario‐based research techniques may contribute. It then presents a survey‐based study of 157…
Gender issues in home‐based businesses
Elizabeth Walker, Beverley WebsterThis paper reports on the difference between men and women's motivations for going into business and why they choose to operate their business from home. Reports the views of the…
Perceptions and negotiations of the “business case” for flexible careers and the integration of part‐time work
Jennifer TomlinsonLooks at the extent to which employers recognise and act on “business case” incentives for implementing working‐time flexibility for those wishing to develop career paths…
Gender and feminine identities – women as managers in a UK academic institution
Vincenza PriolaThe paper considers gender identities in higher education. It examines how people involved in university life engage in (re)creating gender identities and in (re)producing…
Encouraging more female quantity surveying graduates to enter the construction industry in Singapore
Florence Yean Yng Ling, Yeu Pei PohThis research investigates the barriers that are preventing female undergraduates who major in quantity surveying from entering the construction industry on graduation. Possible…