International Journal of Manpower: Volume 38 Issue 6

Female corporate leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean region: Representation and firm-level outcomes

Luca Flabbi, Claudia Piras, Scott Abrahams

Despite gender parity in the general working population, the higher up one looks in ranks within the firm the fewer women one finds. This under-representation of women in top…

Self-efficacy and work engagement: test of a chain model

Xi Wen Chan, Thomas Kalliath, Paula Brough, Michael O’Driscoll, Oi-Ling Siu, Carolyn Timms

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating roles of work and family demands and work-life balance on the relationship between self-efficacy (to regulate work and…

Gender gap in upward mobility: what is the role of non-cognitive traits?

Yu-Wei Luke Chu, Susan Linz

The purpose of this paper is to find whether non-cognitive traits contribute to the gender gap in supervisory status and promotion.

Gender-specific human capital: identification and quantifying its wage effects

Maryna Tverdostup, Tiiu Paas

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the possible reasons behind gender pay disparities, focussing on the unique features of male and female human capital and their…

Temporary contracts, participation in decision making and job satisfaction in European workers: Is there a buffering effect?

Salomé Goñi-Legaz, Andrea Ollo-López

The purpose of this paper is to establish to what extent temporary contract and participation in decision making impact on employees job satisfaction and to propose a model…

Do you get what you ask? The gender gap in desired and realised wages

Jaanika Meriküll, Pille Mõtsmees

The purpose of this paper is to study gender differences in wage bargaining by comparing the unexplained wage gap in desired, realised and reservation wages.