... perspectives of career-agency theory and person-environment fit as frames of reference, this study collected 113 blog posts written by 19 female GMEs and conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 female GMEs who are currently living and working in Japan. Findings This study found that the informants...

..., Australia and Japan; while the developing countries are Malaysia, the Philippines and China. Findings There are variations in the achievement indicator in terms of percentage of female parliamentarians in the two groups of countries. Reasons for variations are explained. Research limitations...

...Denise J. Luethge; Philippe Byosiere Purpose This research aims to examine differences in male and female tacit knowledge conversion behaviours in Japan, essentially marrying the studies from knowledge creation and gender‐based management in an Asian context. Design/methodology/approach Data...

...John A. Volkmar; Kate L. Westbrook Purpose To assess changes over the past decade in the self‐reported levels of adjustment, job performance, and professional acceptance of western women professionals working in Japan. Design/methodology/approach Napier and Taylor's benchmark 1995 study...

...) financial services companies. The self‐perceptions were tested and compared: directly with the self‐perceptions of male counterparts, and within an exclusively female sample divided into two subsets of Japanese and foreign companies operating in Japan. Findings Results show that despite recent...

... resulted in gender differences in dimensions of national culture. This study provides an exploratory examination of gender differences in cultural characteristics in two industrialised countries with distinctly different cultures, Japan and the USA. Results indicate that gender differences exist...

... reading of a group of marginal part‐time women workers in Japan, which is well worth comparing with Wigfield’s research. All in all, this book really does plug a gap in the literature and it is a good book for your local tertiary education library for reference – so go and recommend that they purchase...

... Japan Women In retailing, women are considerably more “visible” than men on the sales floor since almost all women are assigned to first‐line sales or customer service jobs. Furthermore, evidence suggests that women are not readily welcomed into managerial ranks in retail stores although...

...George Munchus Primarily analyses, on the basis of data available, the extent to which working women in Japan are discriminated against in the business world. Discusses sexual discrimination against Japanese women in job opportunity, job assignment, opportunity for promotion, wages,on‐the‐job...