Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the claim that the tie-break criterion introduced under the Equality Act 2010 is not really positive action as is claimed by its government sponsors. It evaluates this claim by locating the tie-break into equal opportunities theory, taking into...

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In contrast with the accounts of those without line management responsibilities, gives a perspective of how men and women work together in the world of advertising sales. Highlights the fact that, in a highly competitive environment, putting together the best team possible to win the business...

This article examines technical inefficiency of manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom, based on data for 19,023 establishments in 151 industries. These data, drawn from the Annual Census of Production for 1977, have been used to estimate technical inefficiency in each industry by fitting...