Equal Opportunities International: Volume 8 Issue 4

Do Children Make a Difference in the Mental Health of Dual Earner Partners?: A Cross‐National Study

Uma Sekaran, Suresh K. Tadisina

Societies the world over are currently experiencing a common phenomenon ‐ a greater rise in the number of two‐paycheck families than ever before! Knowing the stresses of rearing a…

Part‐Time Working in Ireland: Threat or Opportunity for Women's Participation?

Eileen Drew

Employers of part‐time labour generally regard it as a means of overcoming scheduling problems either be‐cause of peak demands, staff shortages or when the work itself does not…

Effective Business Communication for Women

Christine Mary Baytosh, Brian H. Kleiner

Men and women develop different communication styles as a result of their varied sex role socialisation experiences. Communication between the sexes in the business environment is…

Sex Discrimination and Culture

Robert W. Moore, Irene E. Jacobsohn

Most Western nations ascribe to the belief that equal opportunity of the sexes is a worthy objective even if it has rarely been realised in practice. The overriding cause of sex…

Wages Councils

Many British employers are less than enthusiastic about the Government's proposals to abolish the 26 wages councils which set statutory minimum wage rates for 2.5 million…