Ordinal-level measures are very common in social science research. Researchers often analyze ordinal dependent variables using the proportional odds logistic regression model. However, this ‘‘traditional’’ method is one of many different types of logistic regression...

This study examines how the dynamics of the global economy, particularly new patterns of capital ownership, affect earnings inequality in the 276 US metropolitan areas and how these patterns vary across the USA between the south and non-south. We examine the impact of five measures of...

Purpose – Although women remain substantially underrepresented in the top echelons of large corporations, a non‐trivial presence of female executives has emerged in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the firm characteristics that predict the sex of the executive office...

The paper attempts via case studies to illustrate the nature and importance of political structures and transitions in the course of rapid growth and development. The cases are drawn principally from Asia, where the pattern has often been a dominant single-party structure evolving into a full...