...Yuanlu Niu; Yidan Zhu; Claretha Hughes Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore Chinese women’s pursuit of entrepreneurship as a career choice through the intersectional lens of gender and culture. The study aims to identify factors that influenced Chinese women’s decisions to pursue...

...Weiwei Wu; Muhammad Rafiq; Tachia Chin Purpose Facing a new round of global industrial restructuring, it is vital for less-developed yet populous regions to build a happy, engaged workforce to achieve competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to integrate an indigenous cultural perspective...

... within societal changes in the size of this deficit over time. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Gender Culture Middle East Leadership Institutional theory Religion Arab countries Female leadership advantage Female leadership deficit Institutional pluralism Business...

...Merel M.S. Kats; I.J. Hetty Van Emmerik; John Blenkinsopp; Svetlana N. Khapova Purpose The conceptual framework developed in the present study aims to highlight the importance of human resource (HR) practices as a mediator between national culture and employees' careers. Design/methodology...

...Ayala Malach‐Pines; Mustafa F. Özbilgin; Ronald Burke; Ayala Malach‐Pines; Oshrit Kaspi‐Baruch Purpose The paper addresses the influence of culture and gender on the choice of a management career among men and women MBA students in Israel, the USA, the UK, Turkey, Cyprus, Hungary and India...

...Kerr Inkson; Svetlana N. Khapova; Polly Parker; Kerr Inkson; Svetlana N. Khapova; Polly Parker Purpose This paper aims to introduce a collection of papers about careers in cross‐cultural perspective, which contributes to the growing body of literature that addresses careers from different...

...Kerr Inkson; Svetlana N. Khapova; Polly Parker; Svenja Tams; Michael B. Arthur Purpose This paper aims to study careers across cultures, distinguishing among international career, cross‐cultural and globalization perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual development is based...

... job choice. Originality/value The paper examined the cultural differences of guanxi search construct, and compared the role of social networks (guanxi search) in cross‐cultural settings. Second, guanxi search in China may have some drawbacks for a job seeker because...

... to me off the mark. Career systems are cultural constructions and, as current anthropology strongly suggests, culture is itself always in flux, shifting, borrowing, discarding and adding to its repertoire over time (Hannerz, 1992 ; Marcus, 1998 ; Kuper, 2000). So too are career systems...

... field and also highlight prominent literature on the subject. The framework for the paper begins with the explanation of a basic model associated with cultural transition. They identify three success factors for transition: task success; social interaction; and cultural understanding and awareness...

.... It is argued that women’s careers are unlikely to progress in parity with men’s until the male culture of the industry has been moderated. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Women Construction industry Career development Discrimination Culture There is a demonstrable under‐representation of women...

...Alan Fish As organisations respond to changes in cross‐border business activity career practices more attuned to differences in business and cultural practices are required if organisations are to become more effective in their cross‐ border business activities. Missing from the career management...

... as opposed to general language training and the cultural element in terms of career prospects. Makes objective and subjective evaluations as to the significance of these various issues with the aim of assisting students, employees and educational institutions in assessing the benefits and costs, advantages...