Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of cultural values on gender gap. Design/methodology/approach – First, by relying on the extant literature, the concepts of cultural values and gender gap are framed and variables are defined. Then, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of family support, co‐worker support, supervisor support, work‐life balance policies (WLBPs), work‐family culture and job characteristics, as the predictors of work‐to‐family (WFE) and family‐to‐work (FWE) enrichment. In...

Purpose – Barrett compared the perceptions of female management students and senior female managers about effective and probable workplace communication strategies, and the extent to which each group's perceptions were influenced by gender norms in communication. The purpose of this paper is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which leadership attributes, masculinity, risk taking and decision making affect perceived crisis proneness. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws mainly on the literature about gender, leadership and organizational...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report an interview study with 12 directors in a major international telecommunications company, to identify the career paths which they took to reach board level in their organisation. Design/methodology/approach – The aim was to ascertain whether...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bring the Nigerian woman from the margins of international obscurity by acknowledging the contributions of reputable academics from an emerging market context on a subject that has pervaded the global podium in recent years – i.e. women in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present six testable propositions to guide future research on the power of the trust building, interactive transformational leadership style women employ to succeed in corporate environments and which they further refine as entrepreneurs....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of gender upon the relation between protean and boundaryless career attitudes and subjective career success, in today's dynamic and changing organizational context. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze female expatriates' work‐life conflicts and enrichments which take place during the international assignment. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 20 interviews were carried out with female expatriates. The interview data were content...