Editorial

Citation

Ozbilgin, M. (2007), "Editorial", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 26 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/eoi.2007.03026caa.001

Editorial

Since early 2006, we have surpassed over 25 manuscript submissions per month. This is a clear indication that EOI is growing in recognition among those in the field. With the current rate of submissions, and special issues commissioned to eminent guest editors in the field, the journal now has a very healthy backlog of papers.

In this issue we have three research papers, three professional insight papers and an extended book review. The first paper is by Kecia M. Thomas, Leigh A. Willis and Jimmy Davis, who examine mentoring relationships involving minority graduate students in the USA. The authors explain the crucial significance of mentoring relationships in academic success of students. The paper reveals some of the difficulties that minority graduate students face in developing and sustaining healthy mentoring relationships. The paper takes on a multifaceted approach in which individual and institutional aspects of mentoring relationships are investigated.

Kamal E. Abouchedid is the author of the second paper in this issue. His paper assesses correlates of religious affiliation, religiosity and gender role attitudes among Lebanese Christian and Muslim college students. The author studies gender role attitudes between Lebanese Christian and Muslim college students (n = 2,436) towards 11 most heatedly debated clichés in Lebanon that concern equal access of men and women to political and social spheres including employment. Christian respondents and Muslim women in the study demonstrate less traditional beliefs on gender roles in social and public life when compared to Muslim men. One of the key findings of this study touches upon a very topical issue, the interplay between religiosity and gender roles, among which a strong correlation is identified.

In their paper, M. Teresa Canet-Giner and M. Carmen Saorín-Iborra focus on the effect of gender differences on choice of negotiation behavior. Their paper provides case study analysis of negotiation and gender roles in a number of firms. The authors argue that androgynous approaches to negotiation prove more conducive to generate positive outcomes. The paper examines the implications of feminine, masculine and androgynous profiles that can be adopted by negotiators.

There are three Professional Insights papers in this issue. We are very lucky to have Myrtle P. Bell reporting a conversation with Joan Acker on her work, motivations and suggestions for future researchers. In the second Professional Insights piece, S. Gayle Baugh examines Gender and Diversity papers at the Southern Management Association.

The final Professional Insights paper is by Kristina R. Schmukler and Jamie L. Franco-Zamudio. The authors provide a retrospective account of Faye Crosby's life and research.

Yasemin Besen reviews and assesses the explanatory power of a range of texts on masculinity at work. Her extended review provides insights into studies of men and boys in the context of work and social life. Besen draws our attention to the issue of teenage boys and work, which she marks as an under-researched field in masculinity studies.

Mustafa Ozbilgin