Women in Management Review: Volume 21 Issue 1
Table of contents - Special Issue: Supporting Women's Career Advancement
Guest Editors: Ronald J. Burke, Susan Vinnicombe
Barriers women face in information technology careers: Self‐efficacy, passion and gender biases
Susan Michie, Debra L. NelsonThe purpose of this study was to determine if perceptions that women and men hold toward careers in information technology (IT) and toward women working in IT create potential…
Barriers to advancing female careers in the high‐tech sector: empirical evidence from Ireland
Christine Cross, Margaret LinehanThis paper sets out to examine the experiences of female managers in order to enhance our understanding of why there is a relative scarcity of senior female managers in one of the…
Clearing the way for gender balance in the management of the UK financial services industry: Enablers and barriers
Susan M. Ogden, Duncan McTavish, Lindsay McKeanFemales now comprise just over half of the workforce in the UK financial services sector. This paper aims to report on the current position relating to factors that are…
Networking your way through the organization: Gender differences in the relationship between network participation and career satisfaction
IJ. Hetty van Emmerik, Martin C. Euwema, Myrthe Geschiere, Marieke F.A.G. SchoutenThe purpose of this study is to focus specifically on formal and informal networking and their relationship with career satisfaction. It was expected that men would engage more in…
Constructing a professional identity: how young female managers use role models
Val Singh, Susan Vinnicombe, Kim JamesThe purpose of this paper is to explore how young career‐minded women use role models. It draws on previous research into how professionals experimented with their identity…