...Marie Travers; Anushree Dwivedi; Ita Richardson; Katie Crowley; James Vincent Patten Purpose This is an account of student experiences with the 2020/2021 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Manufacturing and Design (WiSTEM²D...

... in the ability to start up and manage a business. Originality/value The paper is the first of its kind to apply the TPB to the context of female students from the UAE. A meta-analysis (Haus et al., 2013) of the gender-EI link found that, on average, women have lower EI than men, and that the EI...

...Harry Matlay; Muhammad Azam Roomi; Pegram Harrison Purpose The purpose of this research is to investigate the needs and preferences for training among growth‐oriented women‐owned SMEs in the East of England. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative data were collected through 108 on‐line...

... have advantaged those in service industries and jobs previously not regarded as skilled. They have especially assisted women and have paralleled the increased participation of women in the workforce. However the current favourable situation has some fragility. Originality/value This paper is one...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> United Kingdom Gender Women Qualifications Women surpass men in first-class degrees Keywords: United Kingdom, Gender, Women, Qualifications Female students gained more first-class degrees than their male counterparts for the first time...

... and Asian women working in “family” businesses play. This article features interview evidence gathered from both Asian women entrepreneurs in their own right and Asian women working in family enterprises, and seeks to provide a clearer picture of the roles, responsibilities and relationships of these two...

...Sara Carter The importance of women as a largely untapped pool of entrepreneurs has been widely recognised by economic development agencies. However, despite a number of initiatives designed to stimulate female self‐employment, relatively few women are starting in business. Research has shown...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Women Undergraduates Surveys Keywords Women, Undergraduates, Surveys The EU statistics office, Eurostat, has produced figures showing the percentage of women students in higher education in Europe by area of study. Women are most strongly...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Equal opportunities Information technology Recruitment Women Fewer women opt for IT Keywords Equal opportunities, Information technology, Recruitment, Women The decline comes despite the high salaries which abound in the IT industry...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Career development Management development Women New programmes for women Keywords Career development, Management development, Women The Civil Service College has launched a series of courses for women managers. The Women's...

... While the number of women in management is increasing, they are not reaching top jobs in anything like the numbers they should. Women‐only management courses have been tried as a way of overcoming the problem. Explores the advantages and drawbacks of single‐sex courses. Concludes that, although...

...Irene Ordidge Provides an overview of the current situation relating to girls and young women and IT‐related education and careers. Compares UK IT employment statistics with other European countries, the USA and Singapore, and looks at attitudes to IT and participation in IT‐related activities...

...Lesley Whittaker Discusses the barriers to women′s advancement, identifying the“male equals management” paradigm as a constraint. Also considers the implications of women′s role in the family, individual characteristics and the importance of language. Notes the impact of the formal and informal...

... particularly must be encouraged to make better use of their educational abilities. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Women Motivation Teachers TIME TO ENCOURAGE MOTIVATION by Eleanor Macdonald The Principal of EM Courses, who was also the inspiration behind the major conference referred to in this article...