Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of personal contact networks in the UK public relations sector, focusing on the barriers to networking identified by practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical research using qualitative methodologies of in‐depth...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons for the apparent “under‐achievement” of mothers working in accountancy, even when at similar levels of qualification to those of fathers. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to draw on theatre theory to develop the notion of gender performativity in organisational contexts. It presents an interdisciplinary approach that is fruitful in an era of increasing organisational aestheticisation and persistent aesthetic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a research note exploring how feminist methodologies could bring new insights into research on gender in the accounting context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies some central tenets of feminist research methodology to a brief...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question our faith in numbers. It asks how much credibility can numbers and quantification of data offer us as researchers? Design/methodology/approach – The research asked the question “Does gender matter?” in the case of banks lending to male...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique the argument that research methodology is gendered and present a post‐essentialist understanding of research methods. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual paper which engages with the feminist debate over the gendering of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine potential differences between male and female workaholics in relation to work stress and work‐life imbalance; also to test for gender as a moderator in the relation between workaholism with work stress and work‐life imbalance....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of intersectionality. In recent management writing, a vocabulary has been introduced which enacts concepts such as assemblages, multiplicity, rhizomes, and becoming. Such a vocabulary is helpful when revising the theoretical models...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of gender diversity (in executive boards and top management) on firm performance. To reconcile the inconsistent and non‐conclusive findings from previous studies, competing curvilinear relationships are theorized between gender...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the strongly entrenched connection between hegemonic masculinity and participation in full‐time employment. It subsequently examines the extent to which male flexible workers in local government represent a challenge to this orthodoxy....