Equal Opportunities International: Volume 4 Issue 2

Women's Opportunities in the Alternative Sector

Marlene Kück

The allocation of work based on typical male/female role models cannot be changed speedily, even in the alternative sector. The experience of enterprises in the alternative sector…

The Unequal Opportunities in Personnel Management

Phil Long

Women are kept longer in the lower strata of personnel work and the dissatisfaction expressed by personnel women regarding their opportunities for development and promotion are…

Swept Under the Carpet: Housework in Families Where the Woman is the Breadwinner

Peggy Stamp

Husbands are reluctant to take on housework responsibility even when wives work full‐time and they themselves do not work. A study of 18 breadwinning wives and 14 of their…

The Regulation of Employment‐Related Age Discrimination in the United States: Implications for Other Developed Countries

Robert H. Faley, Lawrence S. Kleiman

Due to declining birth rates and increasing life expectancies, the developed countries can expect progressively ageing workforces comparative to those of Canada and the USA. As a…

Networking

The Directory of Selected Women's Research and Policy Centers deals with activities and research directions of 28 centres. The 24 page directory discusses current and recently…

Moving Overseas: Making the Decision

Nancy J. Piet‐Pelon, Barbara Hornby

Women should not be afraid to consider the motivation behind, and implications of, overseas moves, particularly when the impetus comes from their partner's career rather then…

Women Managers in Hong Kong: A Content Analysis of the Recruitment Advertisements

Suk‐ching Ho

Women in Hong Kong do not yet enjoy full freedom from differential treatment in access to employment in the managerial field, judging by analysis of the content of nearly 2,000…

Changes in Occupational Segregation in Britain, 1971–1981

M.J. Rosser, A.T. Mallier

Although there have been significant increases in female representation in several previously male‐dominated occupations, when the occupational structure of the labour force as a…