Examines gender differences in communication patterns within a single, large, professional services firm. Considers nine specific sources of information, falling under three broad categories (interpersonal, official company publications, informal). Respondents indicated how much information they...

Examines interest in career options allowing greater flexibility but slower career advancement among women and men employed in a single large professional services firm. Reports on data which were collected by questionnaires completed anonymously. Women expressed significantly greater interest...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an editorial introduction to the special issue on “Diversity management in the Middle East”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the state of extant research on diversity and equal opportunity in the Middle East. It also offers...

Purpose – The study seeks to compare the experiences of job loss and reemployment experiences among female and male higher level managers and professionals. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares data collected at two periods in time from ( n =120) females and ( n =184) males who...

Purpose – It has been suggested that females may be disadvantaged in professions and organizations that require working long hours since females may choose to work fewer hours or may have to work fewer hours because of home and family responsibilities. The term “extreme jobs” has been used...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore gender differences in the work and career experiences and psychological health of women and men in managerial and professional jobs in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected for 94 men and 48 women in managerial and...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate gender similarities and differences among managers and professionals working in a variety of organizations and industries in Egypt. It seeks to replicate and extend previous work by employing a different sample working in a large Muslim country....