... was that “promotion should be based on merit or competences” (focus groups' input). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Kazakhstan Equal opportunities Women The Republic of Kazakhstan, the biggest state after Russia in the former Soviet Union Bloc, is landlocked, and it is located...

... mentoring is proposed as a long‐term strategy for managing a diverse workforce. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Mentoring Equal opportunities Management Communications Personnel Diversity may be defined as the “state of being diverse, that is, different, unlike, various” (Patterson, 1990...

... and targets and results of two companies that are starting to introduce special programs to support women’s careers in Mexico and Latin America. In addition, it discusses some research results on the opinions of corporate presidents and human resource directors of the leading corporations. Equal...

... can save a great deal of time and energy by avoiding raised expectations and the resulting disappointment and anger that follow when those expectations are not met. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Mentoring Career development Equal opportunities A second challenge that has received...

... of the article is therefore into the barriers preventing women from taking these roles. Conclusions and suggestions for reform are made. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Women Construction industry Equal opportunities Career development Recruitment The construction industry is not only the most male...

... that although there has been an increase in Singapore’s female workforce participation rate in the last few decades, more measures could be devised to encourage more women to participate in the workforce. Education Employment law Equal opportunities Gender Government Singapore The last few...

... of the existing female managers whose rise owes less to EEOL than to their efforts, suggests conditions which are required for the future development of female managers in Japan. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Equal opportunities Japan Management development Sex discrimination Women The dual track...

... are pivotal in organizational learning? Bureaucracy Equal opportunities Evaluation Trainers Training Training is a means whereby an organization may promulgate learning. The significance of trainers in promoting policy implementation is not always recognized. Trainers can be pivotal...

...Kazuhiko Adachi In spite of the increasing number of female employees in Japan, the managerial training and opportunities they are offered is limited. Despite the Equal Opportunity Law of 1984 few real changes have taken place to improve the career prospects of women employees. The realities...