Women in Management Review: Volume 8 Issue 2
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DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, UK
Lee TaylorA case study on developing an organizational strategy for equalopportunities, based on experience of agreeing an action plan at theOpen University, following a major review…
WOMEN ON BOARDS AND AUTHORITIES IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Lynn AshburnerNew style health authorities and trust boards have a lowerpercentage of women members/directors than pre‐reform. This isattributable to recruitment procedures, selection criteria…
MAKING IT TO THE TOP: SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP SKILLS – A COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE PERCEPTIONS OF SKILLS NEEDED BY WOMEN AND MEN MANAGERS
Jane Baack, Norma Carr‐Ruffino, Monique PelletierDiscusses general skills clusters identified by other researchersas necessary for leadership success. Reports a US study by questionnairesurvey on the specific skills viewed by…
GENDER CULTURES: WOMEN’S CHOICES AND STRATEGIES AT WORK
Su Maddock, Di ParkinDiscusses how equality audits of local authorities revealidentifiable gender cultures, such as the “gentleman′sclub”, the “locker room”, the “barrackyard”, the “gender‐blind”, and…