... and create inclusive work environments. Additionally, it offers insights for researchers exploring workplace learning and employee success. Workplace Learning Qualitative Career development Social groups Equal opportunities Twenty-four interns and several staff members sit in a large...

... Licensed re-use rights only Race Ethnicity Ethnic minorities Equality Equality Act 2010 Discrimination Segregation Positive action Recruitment Selection Training Career development Scotland This study explores whether ethnic minorities (EMs) have equal access to employment...

...Amit Gupta; Pushpendra Priyadarshi Purpose There is dearth of research pertaining to how persons with disability (PWDs) view their career and the issues they face in career development; past studies highlight either the organizational initiatives or individual factors in this regard. The present...

... with their own goals and desires. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Organizational culture Higher education Career development Sciences Diversification Systemic change within institutions also requires commitment from academic...

... in France. Participants answered a questionnaire, including images to choose from to best describe how they perceived their own career development. Findings The results indicate that a female career is closely associated with work-life balance by both women and men. Also, women acknowledge three times...

... to investigate other critical intersections, such as their gendered nature, a theme which we have not investigated in our study. References Al Ariss, A. (2010), “ Modes of engagement: migration, self-initiated expatriation, and career development...

... whether these processes impact women at an early stage of career planning: Dr Shireen Kanji can be contacted at: sk543@le.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Secondary education Family roles Sex and gender issues Women workers Work identity Career development We build...

..., a typology of job satisfaction domains was chosen, based on the five domains of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI; Kinicki et al., 2002): job benefits (e.g. salary, pension); work content (e.g. workload, job responsibilities, challenges, work structure); career development (e.g. career perspectives...

... but notice that our angles of view on diversity research were different, with ethnicity being the main personal angle for me, but an angle I had been too inhibited about to address explicitly and straightforwardly in the first place. Gender Work identity Career development Business schools Ethnic...

... or being elected to a major political office. Originality value – This study is the first to use election data to examine whether bias based on size extends to the electoral process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Women Discrimination Career development Equal opportunities...

... Organizational culture Gender Diversity management Sciences Engineering Technology Social theories Career development Science, engineering and technology (SET) are still male‐dominated areas, although women have initially played fundamental roles in helping to develop some sectors, e.g. computer...

... of diversity, career identity and career development of professionals in this field. Findings HRM issues such as new competencies and differing approaches to career development options, talent retention and management, and a change of the notion of employment contract need to develop to successfully...

... Managers Gay men Lesbians Identity Career development For example, LGB employees might face obstacles befriending other each other, especially if they are reluctant to disclose their sexuality in the workplace (Burnett, 2010 ; Woods and Lucas, 1993). Indeed, heteronormative organisational...

... Education Career development Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) and the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) held “The Women of Color in the Academy” Conference on October 22, 2010 at the university's campus located in historic Montgomery, Alabama. Timothy...

... 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...

... was adopted to understand the perceived influence and active involvement of social capital factors in retail career development at senior levels. Findings Men and women were equally aware of the importance of accumulating social capital factors for career development purposes, although they considered...

...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...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Australian aboriginals Career development Employment Equal opportunities Ethnic minorities Australia Sharlene Dyer can be contacted at: sharlene.dyer@newcastle.edu.au “Mentoring” was a term largely unknown until the 1970s. Since...

... further research in the area specifically drawing attention to cultural issues that prevent women's further progress. Our work also draws attention to the need for career developmental strategies specifically tailored to support women and open up high‐visibility jobs. The paper focuses attention...

...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...