Purpose: The presence of women is lower than that of men in positions of responsibility in economic management in public administration, although there has been a more significant increase in local administration. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the application and development...

Purpose: Despite decades of studies on high-involvement human resource management (HRM) systems, questions remain of whether high-involvement HRM systems can increase the commitment of women. This study aims to contribute to the growing body of research on the cross-level effect of HRM systems...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore how incarcerated women prepare to manage the stigma of a criminal history as they look to re-enter the workforce after release from incarceration. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a qualitative, case study research design including interviews and...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether female directors have an effect on company financial performance in a patriarchal emerging country that has a collectivistic culture with a substantial gender equality gap and is characterized with a paternalistic management culture. In addition,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for future research on the intersection of gender, work and family. Design/methodology/approach: This paper offers personal reflections on needed research in a post-pandemic...

Purpose: This study aims to expand our knowledge on the processes through which work–family policies relate to work–family conflict as well as work–related attitudes among women in management positions returning to work after maternity leave. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 238...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse how board diversity affects firm financial outcomes through the way in which this diversity helps to improve voluntary disclosures. Design/methodology/approach: The partial least squares (PLS) technique is used, and a sample of the manufacturing...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the contextual embeddedness of female entrepreneurship through a focus on gendered institutions. Specifically, it draws upon Scott’s (1995) institutional categories and explores how the three dimensions of gendered institutions combine to explain both a...

Purpose: This paper aims to understand the dialectical relationship between place-making and identity formation of factory women in a free trade zone (FTZ) in the Global South. Design/methodology/approach: Inspired by Judith Butler’s notions of performative acts and performativity, the paper...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess how inclusive education affects inclusive economic participation through the financial access channel. Design/methodology/approach: The focus is on 42 sub-Saharan African countries with data for the period 2004-2014. The empirical evidence is...