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The Business Case for Women′s Equality : Is the Carrot Better than the Stick?

Dickens, Linda - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 8, pp. 5-18

Outlines women′s continuing pay and employment disadvantage in Britain. Discusses limitations of the legal compliance …

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Work‐life balance initiatives: implications for women

Doherty, Liz - In: Employee Relations 26 (2004) 4, pp. 433-452

effectiveness of work‐life balance initiatives in helping women progress to senior management. It explores the main barriers to … women's progression and highlights the long hours associated with managerial roles as a major problem. The article shows … positive benefits to women when the labour market is tight, and, even then, the benefits for women in management are far from …

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Two routes to managing diversity: individual differences or social group characteristics

Liff, Sonia - In: Employee Relations 19 (1997) 1, pp. 11-26

Should managing diversity be seen as an attack on, or a contribution to, attempts to achieve greater workplace equality? Reviews US practitioner literature and US and UK research on the operation of equal opportunities policies. Suggests that there are two distinct strands to managing diversity...

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TWO STEPS FORWARD BUT GOING NOWHERE? WOMEN AND MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

Quince, Annabelle; Lansbury, Russell D. - In: Employee Relations 10 (1988) 6, pp. 26-31

for working women in Australia. In order to achieve genuine and lasting change, there needs to be challenge to issues such …

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Equal opportunity and diversity management meet downsizing : A case study in the UK airline industry

Bajawa, Asma; Woodall, Jean - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 1, pp. 46-61

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on case study research of employment downsizing and the implications for equal opportunity and diversity management conducted in the UK airline industry during 2002/2003. Design/methodology/approach – Review of literature on downsizing and...

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Diversity management meets downsizing: the case of a government department

Greene, Anne‐marie; Kirton, Gill - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 1, pp. 22-39

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what happens to organisational diversity management (DM) policies when the management focus has turned towards significantly reducing workforce numbers. Design/methodology/approach – Findings from a qualitative case study research in one...

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Part‐time Workers in the Multiple Retail Sector : Small Change from Employment Protection Legislation?

Balchin, Alison - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 7, pp. 43-57

Draws on a small research study undertaken in the retail industry, providing a very timely consideration of the choices and circumstances of those who work on a part‐time basis. Considers the reasons given by workers for choosing part‐time work, the costs involved and the extent to which...

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Opportunity 2000 in the National Health Service

Corby, Susan - In: Employee Relations 17 (1995) 2, pp. 23-37

The NHS in 1991 launched an equality programme for women, setting eight goals to be achieved by 1994. Shows that at … attach a high value to ethics, Fourth, the reasons for failure relate to all equality programmes for women, including a value … system which sees the male career pattern as the norm. Concludes that movement towards equality for women in the NHS is only …

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Industrial conflict in local government since 1997

Nolda, Charles - In: Employee Relations 26 (2004) 4, pp. 377-391

Argues that although 2002 was undoubtedly the most challenging year for a long time for local government employers it does not herald a return to the climate of the 1970s and the “Winter of Discontent”, as too many things have changed socially and economically for this to occur. For example,...

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Workplace Industrial Relations in Local Government

Kessler, Ian - In: Employee Relations 13 (1991) 2, pp. 1-31

The range of pressures which has impacted on local government in the 1980s has forced the emergence of dynamic and sophisticated forms of industrial relations at the workplace level. It is clear, however, that with conceptual tools forged to analyse developments in the private manufacturing...

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