... of this study is to determine whether the application and development of the internal control system in local governments improves through the presence of women in positions of management and responsibility in these institutions. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a multivariate model that allows...

...Hitendra Pillay; Megan Tones; Kathy Kelly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the patterns of transitional employment (TE) aspirations and training and development (T&D) needs of women within local government. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey methodology...

...Barbara Pini; Paula McDonald Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the strongly entrenched connection between hegemonic masculinity and participation in full‐time employment. It subsequently examines the extent to which male flexible workers in local government represent a challenge...

..., which contrasts “transforming” leadership with “transactional” leadership. To explore the relationship between gender, success as a mayor in local government leadership and Burns’ theory, New Zealand’s women mayors were interviewed about their perceptions of leadership and their responses were linked...

...Su Maddock Looks at the frustrations of women managers within local government management in the UK over a period from 1989 to 1992. Forty women managers were intensively interviewed, and they unanimously agreed that gender relations at work affected not only them personally but also their work...