...Edeltraud Hanappi‐Egger Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss diversity management in the light of Bourdieu's social theory. One question of particular interest is whether diversity management could – at least conceptually – lead to the retention of highly‐educated female engineers...

... and, often, a degree of privilege. However, minority professionals are often accorded little prestige and/or privilege because their identities are perceived as inferior. Design/methodology/approach – The research studies narratives by 33 prominent women engineers with careers in management who discuss...

...A. Powell; B. Bagilhole; A. Dainty; R. Neale Current research suggests that increases in the number of women studying engineering and related courses have not been matched by a similar increase in women engineering professionals. This sug ests that although women are attracted to engineering...