... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Australia Qualitative research Boards Gender capital Women's representation on corporate boards has attracted significant attention in recent years, the common concern being how women's...

... perceptions and opinions regarding DM. The study also sought to identify whether the best practices of a few notable Australian companies (highlighted in the literature review to follow) were the norm or the exception in Australia today. Through these objectives the intention of the present study is to raise...

... managing diversity fields by demonstrating that reflexive practice can add significant value to managing diversity processes in organizations and research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Sense-making Reflexivity Australia Storytelling Action learning Managing diversity...

...Erica French; Glenda Strachan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine equal employment policies in Australia’s male-dominated construction industry and categorise the types of activities undertaken against an equal employment typology to identify links to outcomes for women in the form...

...Alison Sheridan; Anne Ross-Smith; Linley Lord Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to interrogate changes to women's representation on boards from an institutional perspective in a particular national context (Australia). Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on institutional theory...

...Kirsti Rawstron Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the rate of change of men and women's employment as university academic staff in Australia and Japan; and, drawing on quantitative methods, show differences in the rate of change since the introduction of anti-sex discrimination...

... in influencing women's position in their institutions. A comparative study was therefore undertaken between a country with traditions in implementing AA in universities – Australia – and another which has no tradition in this domain – Portugal. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology was chosen...

... of the world of the older worker in Australia. Our non‐linear analytic method seeks to link the structure and language of the written and visual stories to different positions on older workers through three interrelated levels of analysis. These texts form part of a larger corpus of texts in a range...

... in Australia. The authors used hierarchical regression to test the hypotheses regarding group performance and morale. To test mediation and moderation, the authors followed the procedure outlined by Baron and Kenny. Finally, they used the formulas provided by Preacher, Rucker and Hayes to test for moderated...

... Publishing Limited 2011 Australia Finance Banking Gender Women Career development Australia In 2008, the percentage of women in management and leadership roles in the Australian finance sector ceased increasing and dropped below an already low figure (Equal Opportunity for Women...

... and subjective job attitudes. An opportunity sampling method was employed to recruit a heterogeneous group of participants in Australia (n=172). Findings No significant differences in cognitive ability between the groups were identified; older workers were as cognitively skilled for their job...

... of Newcastle, Australia. Design/methodology/approach Interviews with program participants. Findings Indigenous Australians are marginalised in the Australian workforce. Governments have developed many special labour market programs for indigenous Australians, the majority of which are based on public...

... or senior management – in Turkey and Australia. This includes support and mentoring, recruitment and selection processes, and the role of Rectors/VCs. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews are conducted with both male and female senior managers in old and new and metropolitan and regional...

...Ruth Bridgstock Glenice J.   Wood . Sixteen Australian Managers Ten Years On: Rhetoric and Realities . Heidelberg, Australia : Heidelberg Press   2007 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Gender Australia Career development The premise...

... entrants to university succeeded in their critical first year. We also wished to identify barriers that might impede progress or result in withdrawal or failure. Australia Higher education Australian aboriginals Retention Careers Ethic minorities On 3 May 2007, 380 km south west of Darwin...

... to raise issues that are similar to those raised by their female colleagues. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Gender Management development Senior management Organizational culture Banks Australia The last two decades show a persistent under‐representation of women at senior...

.... the UK), but not in Australia where most private sector female employees only have access to 12 months unpaid maternity leave. It also aims to explore how the business case for (or against) PML is constructed in small firms. Design/methodology/approach The study was limited to smaller firms operating...

.../value The artists’ significance falls within the context of emerging modernism, feminism and cultural identity during the 1920s and 1930s in Sydney, Australia. It is combined with and explains the actions and the success of two female artists’ unusual marketing approach. It is of value to readers...

... implications for their long‐term careers. Design/methodology/approach Two longitudinal samples were included from different contexts – one from Sydney, Australia (N=459), and the other from Southeastern Michigan, USA (N=266). Both samples involved adolescents from upper middle‐class...

... indicated more psychosomatic symptoms and less community satisfaction but more friends satisfaction. Originality/value − Aids in the understanding of workaholism in organizations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Workaholism Gender Australia Although the popular press has paid...