Women in Management Review: Volume 19 Issue 6

Women‐only networks as a strategy for change? A case study from local government

Barbara Pini, Kerry Brown, Chris Ryan

Across both the private and public sectors one strategy that has been used to support women in leadership roles and to increase women's participation in leadership positions has…

Gender on the agenda 2: unlearning gender blindness in management education

Sharon Mavin, Patricia Bryans, Teresa Waring

This paper argues that UK business and management schools continue to operate a gender blind approach (or at best gender neutral) to management education, research and the…

Diversity programs: influencing female students to sport management?

Mark E. Moore, Bonnie L. Parkhouse, Alison M. Konrad

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of diversity programs on female student representation within sport management preparation programs. A questionnaire was sent…

Cultural values as predictors of attitudes towards equality and diversity: a Canadian experience

Eddy S.W. Ng, Ronald J. Burke

This exploratory study examined the role of both gender and race/ethnicity, and their interaction, on cultural values likely to be related to attitudes toward equality and…

Women entrepreneurs in Cyprus: a new dynamic in Cyprus economy

Lina Nearchou‐Ellinas, Ioannis S. Kountouris

This paper describes the findings of a unique nationwide research on female entrepreneurial activity in Cyprus, which was carried out for the Women's Cooperative Bank of Cyprus…

The construction of management. Competence and gender issues at work

Mary Mallon