Women in Management Review: Volume 11 Issue 4

New business formation: does gender make a difference?

Elisabet Ljunggren, Lars Kolvereid

Despite an increasing trend in the number of females who start businesses in Western countries, the proportion of female compared to male entrepreneurs is still relatively low…

Snakes and ladders? The differing career patterns of male and female accountants

Connie Richardson

It has been argued by Lepine (1992) and others that certain distinct career patterns are typical of the careers of women managers and that these may not correspond to a typical…

Professional women in agriculture ‐ do they have a future?

Beatrice Duffield

Summarizes the findings of a predominantly qualitative research enquiry into the perceptions that professional women who work in agricultural and rural science in field‐based…