...Saibal Ghosh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the lending behavior of women-owned cooperatives (WoCs) by exploiting the natural experiment of the financial crisis, employing a novel data set of Indian cooperative banks during 2004–2013. Design/methodology/approach In view...

...Fiona Wilson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how female bank lenders are locked into a position of disadvantage in a UK bank. The work of Bourdieu is used to explore women's position of disadvantage and inequality. As Bourdieu helps us predict, the women are symbolically...

... research methods to investigate the impact of work culture on women's management careers in banking. Like them too, we seek to expose women's own voices “in order to gain an insight into” women's “experiences and attitudes”. However, our approach departs from that adopted by Beck and Davis (2005, p. 274...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Gender Rhetoric Banking Equal opportunities Lebanon Middle East Diversity management is a buzz word that is increasingly used in various contexts, with positive connotations and aspirations. The term evokes various colorful metaphors of harmonious coexistence...

...Gillian Maxwell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how formal mentoring programmes may enhance female mentees' career development, particularly in a case study of a major high street bank. Design/methodology/approach Empirical case study work, from mentees' and mentors' points...

...Mustafa Koyuncu; Ronald J. Burke; Lisa Fiksenbaum Purpose The paper aims to examine potential antecedents and consequences of work engagement in a sample of women managers and professionals employed by a large Turkish bank. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 286 women, a 72...

... organisation which will find within these measures the opportunity to evaluate the quality of its personnel management procedures and to achieve a more efficient management of available human potential. The essential characteristics of women's situation in the banking sector are described from the standpoint...

...Margery Povall The results of four research studies aimed at identifying and reducing the barriers for women within banks show that “structural” and “attitudinal” factors exist. Structural factors include personnel procedures and practices, organisation structure and the existence of all‐male jobs...

... even distribution of banking positions among men and women in 1980 affected a particular bank's personnel policy. An equal opportunity programme took shape between 1980 and 1985. The problems that arose and the manner in which they were solved is discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1986 Banking...

...Margery Povall The traditional and conservative image of the banking sector now misrepresents the true situation. Banks are in a process of experimentation, rethinking and change. Within this context efforts to create greater equality of opportunity for women must be made, since women form a larger...