... from 90 Anglos and 90 Hispanics to evaluate the model. Data were collected about the following predictors: Gender, ethnicity, collectivism, IT career self-efficacy, occupational stereotypes, beliefs about IT careers, attitudes toward IT jobs and intentions to pursue IT careers. Data were analyzed using...

... Licensed re-use rights only Family motivation Salesperson entrepreneurial behavior Opportunity recognition Opportunity exploitation Gender Second, this study provides a deeper understanding of the role of family motivation for salespeople. It pioneers the introduction of family motivation...

... where men can either benefit or suffer from gender role violations. Third, we identify a way to reduce the bias toward men who take community service leave using a simple strategy – providing relevant information – offering a practical solution to mitigate the problem. According to role congruity...

... of aggressive and affiliative humor in the workplace. This paper also examined how formal organizational status and the target's gender can impact audience perceptions. Design/methodology/approach Two scenario-based studies were conducted where participants rated the foolishness of the humorist. For Study 1...

...Julie Brueckner; Janine Bosak; Jonas W.B. Lang Purpose This study examined gender differences in CEOs' expression of implicit achievement, power and affiliation motivation. Building on the role congruity account of sex differences and similarities in motivation and existing literature on implicit...

...Alyson Byrne; Ingrid C. Chadwick; Amanda J. Hancock Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine female leaders' attitudes toward demand-side strategies to close the gender-leadership gap and discuss implications for organizations. Design/methodology/approach This article describes...

...Lynn R. Offermann; Lauren A. Lanzo; Kira O. Foley; Taniyia J. Harvey Purpose Given continuing gender inequality in the upper echelons of organizations, women's leadership aspirations and orientations are of significant research interest. Controversy remains as to whether today's “Millennial...

... Japanese employees. Both groups of employees worked for privately owned firms. Findings – The authors found a three-way interaction effect between gender, CP, and LMX quality in predicting subjective career success. As hypothesized, the positive relationship between quality of LMX and subjective...

... commitment and turnover intentions. Based on optimal distinctiveness theory, asymmetrical effects across gender and race/ethnicity are also examined. Design/methodology/approach – A diverse sample of 278 restaurant workers in 30 different work units is used to test the hypotheses using hierarchical OLS...

... of gender on academics’ perceptions concerning the commercialisation of their research results. In particular, the authors explore differences in perceptions arising from diverse cognitions, such as attitudes towards entrepreneurial activities, the influence of close social groups and opportunity...

...-structured interviews with 22 private-sector managers disclosed their shared perception and experience, revealing the informal level at which underlying social principles becomes business strategy, often intuitively. Findings – Values of gender are assimilated into the informal environment...

... employed by individuals traditionally perceived as non-privileged. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Using diaries and interviews, the paper analyses 20 micro-episodes from four senior minority ethnic women and men's accounts of intersecting ethnic, gender...

...Hanna Li Kusterer; Torun Lindholm; Henry Montgomery Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine gender‐related management stereotypes, perceived gender bias and evaluations of actual managers, and to directly compare stereotypes and ratings of actual managers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Raymond T. Lee; Céleste M. Brotheridge; Denise Salin; Helge Hoel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that bullying is a gendered, rather than gender‐neutral, phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews empirical findings on gender and bullying and identifies...

...Diane M. Sullivan; William R. Meek Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on gender, and specifically, women and entrepreneurship as well as present a process model of gender and entrepreneurship to guide future research. Design/methodology/approach Following research...

... intentions for both genders. Research limitations/implications In both studies, the research design was cross‐sectional, which prohibits causal inferences about the data. Second, it was not possible to assess whether the observed sexual behavior occurred between friendly peers, married coworkers...

...Brooke A. Shaughnessy; Darren C. Treadway; Jacob A. Breland; Lisa V. Williams; Robyn L. Brouer Purpose The current paper seeks to bring the political perspective to gender differences in promotion decisions, a phenomenon with great longevity in research and practice. Specifically, the degree...

... gender differences in the putative benefits of schedule flexibility are also to be explored. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 607 full‐time employees in either schedule flexibility or traditional working arrangements the authors tested a moderated‐mediation model. Regression was used...

... of organizational scholars to the large, yet under‐studied immigrant segment of the workforce. Joerg Dietz can be contacted at: jorg.dietz@unil.ch © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Discrimination in employment Immigrants Prejudice Ethnic conflict Gender The third study by Baltes...

... who asked for money was given more than an unattractive female. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Sex Gender Employee behaviour Prosocial and helping behaviors have received considerable attention in social and industrial and organizational psychology, beginning...