Luxury consumption has been shown to convey prestige, signal wealth, boost self-esteem, and express self-concept and identity. Previous research has focused mainly on Western societies and in some cases, on gender differences. However, the relationship between gender and drivers of luxury...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to stress the importance of effectively gaining access to organizations for fieldwork, an essential element of work for a qualitative researcher. Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the cold calling and networking involved when 29...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the progress in the United Arab Emirates towards achievement of Millennium Development Goal (3), “gender equality”, by the target date of 2015. Design/methodology/approach – Demographic, social, and labor force statistics are...