Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reveal implicit occupational gender stereotypes for 12 different occupations in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 954 Turkish university students, this study aimed to explore which jobs are implicitly perceived to be masculine and...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of board gender diversity on the level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in the Arab Gulf states. Also, this research further aims to explore whether the impact of board gender diversity varies across the Arab Gulf states....

Purpose: Research on the impact of patriarchy and patriarchal norms on women’s work-life balance is scarce. A typical patriarchal society, such as Nigeria, tends to be organised based on gender, and the construct is embedded in the culture. This paper aims to investigate the impact of...

Purpose: The study aims to explore motivators and barriers in business venture creation among potential Latina entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach: Focus group interviews collected data using Latinas between the ages of 20-30 who expressed interest in starting their own businesses in the...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the gender gaps in work–life balance satisfaction across occupations. Due to data limitations, the studies of work–life balance satisfaction have generally relied on researcher collected data. As a result, large-scale studies encompassing all...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between the financial expertise (accounting and non-accounting) of female directors in the audit committee and the voluntary disclosure of financial forward-looking information. Design/methodology/approach: The sample is composed...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the identity-related work experiences of women in leadership in the US automotive industry. Drawing upon the communication theory of identity’s four identity frames, this study analyzes women’s narratives to better understand their...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present reasons for the mobility of women in senior management positions in South African higher education. Against the backdrop of women underrepresentation and retention challenges in institution of higher learning in this country, it is pertinent to...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a degendered organizational resilience model challenging current and dominant conceptualizations of organizational resilience by exploring how gendered organizational power structures, language and practices of everyday organizational life...

Purpose: This paper aims to present a model describing how women enact executive leadership, taking into account gendered organizational patterns that may constrain women to perform leadership in context-specific ways. Design/methodology/approach: This paper discusses gendered organizations,...