... Gender Small business owners Discrimination Social support Intersectionality Ethnic groups Ethnic minorities United Kingdom Embedded in the issue of formal instrumental business support is the problem of accessing external finances. Although Ram and Smallbone (2001) stated that the process...

... children Employment Motherhood Nursing Working hours Gender United Kingdom Nursing is a profession strongly associated with women: women historically and currently form the majority of the workforce (Information Services Division (ISD), 2009). However, male nurses have relatively greater...

..., such as the perceived value of education in providing an opportunity to invest in themselves (Ng et al., 2005), have increasingly gained attention. United Kingdom Business Schools Women Managers Competences Career development Master of Business Administration Women managers Career competencies...

.... 573). Marilyn J. Davidson can be contacted at: Marilynjoydavidson@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Australia Pay Gender Students Attitudes More recently, Hogue et al. (2010) examined the impacts of gender, job intentions...

... investigation between Greece and the UK, allows for constructive comparisons to take place where appropriate. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Education Leadership Gender United Kingdom Greece The importance of leadership has been recognized as crucial in the contexts of politics...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Gender Leadership Bureaucracy Further education Higher education United Kingdom The paper makes a significant contribution to understanding of gender representation. In the context of a further and higher education comparison, it locates...

... culture Sexual discrimination United Kingdom The UK aviation industry employed approximately 524 women as commercial airline pilots out of a total of 10,735 commercial pilots in 2007 (Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Statistics Personnel Costs (UK and Overseas), 1974‐2003). The low numbers...

... in particular may experience more than twice as many barriers as male counterparts and suggests younger women may be being placed at a disadvantage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Social networks Gender Professional services Public relations Employee involvement United Kingdom...

... to provide such a baseline. By doing so, the study addresses the issue highlighted in the Strategic Framework for Women's Enterprise (Small Business Service, 2003, pp. 26‐7), that: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Gender Directors Leadership United Kingdom This paper...

... and their assistant manager, therefore in total 22 managers were interviewed. These interviews were conducted in three UK cities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Work identity Gender Managerialism Retail management Charities United Kingdom This paper responds to wider calls...

... is normally rated on various behavioural dimensions or competencies, in particular leadership and teamwork (Fletcher and Baldry, 2001). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 360‐degree feedback Gender Performance appraisal Human resource management United Kingdom However...

... Gender Armed forces Transformational leadership United Kingdom This paper examines the role of the female British army officer to determine whether female Army officers lead in different ways to male Army officers. In seeking to answer that question, the paper examines the situation in which...

... mobility Women workers Service industries United Kingdom In contrast to, the proposition that female part‐time workers are largely satisfied with, and have a preference for low skilled, undemanding part‐time jobs, Gallie's (1998) analysis of Eurobarometer data found that female part‐timers...

... were very patchy and unclear. Liz Doherty can be contacted at: l.doherty@shu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Flexible working hours Family friendly organizations Higher education Universities Action research United Kingdom Strategic approaches towards...

... opportunities Small to medium‐sized enterprises United Kingdom Gender Within each section, we review the qualitative data from interview transcripts for explanations of the effects that emerge from the quantitative analysis. Findings show that in some areas of HR practice, SMEs are conforming...

... Networking Financial services Job satisfaction United Kingdom There has been a well‐quantified increase in female labour market participation in the UK over the last 20 years, with females now comprising 45 per cent of the workforce in Great Britain (EOC, 2002a). But behind these headline figures...

... and the workforce will still be failing to maximise the productivity of a large part of the workforce. Contact The Work Foundation – Tel.: +44 (0)20 7004 7224/7243; or e-mail dhouston@theworkfoundation.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Women Work study Careers United Kingdom...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Gender Equal pay Mentoring United Kingdom For copies of the submission please telephone Sandie Maile on +44 (0)20 7902 6638, or e-mail sandie.maile@prospect.org.uk Mandatory pay audits backed by "mentoring" key to tackling...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Women Business studies United Kingdom First Women Awards aim to encourage new generation to succeed in the world of business Keywords: Women, Business studies, United Kingdom The CBI and Real Business magazine...

... --> Management development Careers United Kingdom Called “Management Development Works: the Evidence”, it offers a unique insight into changing patterns of MLD across organisations of all sizes,over an eight-year period. Reaping the rewards: report shows that management development works...