...Sasmita Palo; Kalaiselvi Suresh Nadar Purpose This paper aims to examine how bystanders in Indian workplaces interpret and respond to incidents of sexual harassment, and how relational, organizational and cultural dynamics shape their decisions to intervene or remain silent. Design/methodology...

...Rabia Naguib; Muznah Madeeha Purpose Despite several policies in the Arab Gulf States aimed at promoting women’s empowerment through employment, women’s career progress has not met the expected gains. Workplace empowerment is a critical aspect of women’s economic empowerment. Therefore, this paper...

... developments in management research on trans* and intersex people in the workplace and anticipates what future scholarship in this area might entail. Design/methodology/approach A critical approach is adopted to interrogate the prevailing cisnormative and binary approach adopted by management and gender...

... Advertising Chile Exclusion Gender Gender bound hiring practices Latin America Machismo Male power Sexual harassment Women Work/life imbalance Workplace This study explores the machismo workplace culture in creative departments of Chilean advertising agencies, where just 4.7% of all...

...Raheel Yasin; Sarah I. Obsequio Namoco Purpose There is scarcity in the literature, both empirically and theoretically, regarding the relationship between transgender discrimination and prostitution. This study aims to offer a new framework for conceptualizing workplace discrimination...

... on actively changing the rules of the workplace (e.g. a recent Harvard Business School experiment) and changing the status quo. Until we level the playing field, we need to continue to play an active role in creating an organizational culture and shaping an environment that is fair and equitable...

...Kristen Jones; Kathy Stewart; Eden King; Whitney Botsford Morgan; Veronica Gilrane; Kimberly Hylton Purpose – Previous research demonstrates the damaging effects of hostile sexism enacted towards women in the workplace. However, there is less research on the consequences of benevolent sexism...

...Mary Barrett Purpose Barrett compared the perceptions of female management students and senior female managers about effective and probable workplace communication strategies, and the extent to which each group's perceptions were influenced by gender norms in communication. The purpose...

...Suzan Lewis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the paper “Restructuring workplace cultures: the ultimate work‐family challenge?” is published in Women in Management Review, Vol. 16 No. 1, 2001, pp. 21‐9. Design/methodology/approach The impact of the paper is considered...

...Ronald Burke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of managerial and professional men's perception of organizational values supporting work‐personal life balance in their workplace and their work experiences, indicators of work and life satisfaction and psychological...

.... The purpose of this paper is to investigate this issue. Design/methodology/approach A total of 255 second‐year female management students evaluate strategies for the same workplace dilemmas as senior women managers (Barrett). Findings For short‐ and medium‐term dilemmas students, like senior women...

...Beverly D. Metcalfe; Sandra Fielden; Fiona Sheridan Purpose The study aims to examine the role that gendered talk plays in the workplace in both task and non‐task related interactions. Design/methodology/approach The research undertaken is a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative research...

... Workplace To review a book on gender and communication in organizations is to ask a fundamental question: is it about gender as a product, or as a process? To expand the question a little more, is it about identifying gender differences, or identifying the instances (discourses and practices...

... and Consuelo   Leon . Female Ambition. How to Reconcile Work and FamilyBookshelf . Palgrave Macmillan , 182 pp. , ISBN: 1403991782 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Women Gender Roles Workplace Management Family Spain Chinchilla, Director of the International...

... employment system changes, clearly segregated gender roles persist in the Japanese workplace with female employees reporting significantly lower self‐evaluations of their training‐received, future prospects and understanding of operations than their male counterparts. However, when female results...

...Ronald J. Burke Purpose This exploratory study examined backlash in the workplace. Backlash was operationalized by employee views on how much their employer had done to support the advancement of four designated groups (women, disabled, aboriginal people, racial/visible minorities): too much...