... Senior managers USA Preference theory Surveys Public sector organizations This study examines data from a 2016 replication of a 1986 study of upper-level administrators in state-level government agencies in the USA. The preference theory uniquely addresses working women’s agency in career...

... 2019 23 04 2019 23 04 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Collaborative Individualization Senior managers Middle managers Feminists Neoliberalism This paper seeks to shed some light on the perceptions...

...Patricia Lewis; Ruth Simpson; Ruth Simpson; Anne Ross‐Smith; Patricia Lewis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how women in senior management draw on discourses of merit and special contribution in making sense of the contradictions and tensions they experience in their working lives...

...Patricia Lewis; Ruth Simpson; Adelina Broadbridge Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the usefulness of Hakim's preference theory in the understanding of the attitudes of women retail senior managers and directors towards their career and non‐work lives. It provides a critical analysis...

... effects in the job loss and reemployment experience, but findings are sometimes inconsistent. Unemployment Employment Gender Women executives Senior managers Keith and McWilliams (1999) reviewed evidence suggesting that men spend more time than women searching for employment, men and women...

... Broadbridge can be contacted at: a.m.broadbridge@stir.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Women Senior managers Retailing Gender Career development Previous research has shown that social structures are important to managerial career advancement, and that women are more...

... working parallel to male counterparts as actuaries, chartered accountants, economists, business administrators, and senior managers. However, it is very hard for them to reach the top management levels, therefore, women are found holding only 1.6 percent of all board directorships and only 4 percent...

...Eileen Drew; Eamonn M. Murtagh Purpose This paper seeks to examine the experience of, and attitudes towards, work/life balance (WLB) by female and male senior managers in a major Irish organisation for which WLB is now a strategic corporate objective. Design/methodology/approach Both...