...Laura E.M. Traavik Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate inclusion, perceived opportunities and discrimination between men and women, across career levels, in a professional service firm in Norway. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design with a survey was used...

... between work and family (Greenhaus and Powell, 2006). Women Role conflict Professional services Employee turnover Employee behaviour Lewis et al. (2007, p. 361) argue that there are in fact two overlapping work‐life balance discourses; “the personal control of time...

...Patricia Lewis; Ruth Simpson; Savita Kumra Purpose The purpose of this paper is to challenge Hakim's work‐centred category and empirically tests its applicability in a professional service firm. Design/methodology/approach The information was gathered through 19 in‐depth interviews with women...

...–psychological, situational and social. Female practitioners identified all 17 barriers to networking, whereas men identified seven. Research limitations/implications An insight into the differences in men and women's networking experiences in a growing professional service, especially those negatively...

... survey, and to allow new insights and experiences to emerge from the words of the successful women themselves. The survey included demographic questions on age, birth order, education, marital status, and number of children as well as the following measures [1] . Women Professional services Job...

... with the complexity of competing demands and the requirement to simultaneously enact conflicting roles by drawing idiosyncratic boundaries around their various roles. The present research arose from an observation in practice within a global professional services firm where large numbers of young, educated...

... performing and failing firms was primarily: … because they [women] had less financial or human capital than male counterparts, or because they tended to enter sectors with poorer business prospects (Meager et al., 1994, p. 15). Within the context of professional services, more revealing...