Women in Management Review: Volume 8 Issue 1

POSITIVE ACTION FOR WOMEN IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Pauline Murphy

An Innovatory Action Research Project was initiated in 1987 at theUniversity of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, to address theproblem of women′s under‐representation in key…

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WORKING WOMEN IN JAPAN: A HUMAN RIGHTS MANAGEMENT POLICY ISSUE

George Munchus

Primarily analyses, on the basis of data available, the extent towhich working women in Japan are discriminated against in the businessworld. Discusses sexual discrimination…

THE PREGNANT EMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS – A GUIDE TO YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Audrey Williams

Employees who become pregnant should be aware of their legalemployment rights. Examines the minima which are currently provided andthe plans to change these rights, through…

WOMEN’S FRUSTRATION WITH AND INFLUENCE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE UK: AN INVESTIGATION FROM A WOMAN MANAGER’S PERSPECTIVE

Su Maddock

Looks at the frustrations of women managers within local governmentmanagement in the UK over a period from 1989 to 1992. Forty womenmanagers were intensively interviewed, and they…