Equal Opportunities International: Volume 5 Issue 2

Equal Opportunity Developments in Banking ‐An International Perspective

Margery Povall

The traditional and conservative image of the banking sector now misrepresents the true situation. Banks are in a process of experimentation, rethinking and change. Within this…

Developing an Equal Opportunity Programme: The Case of a Large Dutch Bank

Attie M. de Jong

Establishing an equal opportunity personnel policy in a Dutch organisation is dependent on the goodwill, initiative and perseverence of a number of key members of the…

Equal Opportunities for Women in British Banking

Margery Povall

The results of four research studies aimed at identifying and reducing the barriers for women within banks show that “structural” and “attitudinal” factors exist. Structural…

Professional Equality of Women in French Banks

Jacqueline Huppert‐Laufer, Annie Labourie‐Racapèe

Discrimination towards women leads to the underexploitation of an available potential. Hence the revision of recruitment procedures, the causes of women's slow promotion and other…

Equal Opportunities: How to Change and Which Change?

Monique Chalude

The issue of equal opportunities needs to be integrated into personnel management. In the absence of effective outside pressure or pressure from within, the establishment sees no…