Gender in Management: Volume 27 Issue 7

A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings

Paul Smith, Peter Caputi, Nadia Crittenden

The purpose of this paper is to review many of the diverse metaphors and labels that are used to highlight insights into glass ceilings – the obstacles hindering women reaching…

The pre‐ and post‐IPOs gender composition of board of directors in Malaysia

Nurwati A. Ahmad‐Zaluki

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gender composition of the board of directors of Malaysian initial public offering (IPO) companies. This study also examines the…

A social constructionist perspective of gender stereotyping at work: A case of highly skilled women in Sri Lanka

Weerahannadige Dulini Anuvinda Fernando

This paper takes a social constructionist approach to explore how highly skilled women workers in Sri Lanka manage gender stereotyping in their workplaces. The purpose of this…

Attitudes toward women managers: The influence of social dominance orientation and power distance on men in college

Aneika L. Simmons, Jo Ann Duffy, Hamed S. Alfraih

The purpose of this paper is to determine how men's perceptions of power distance (PD) and levels of social dominance orientation (SDO) interact to influence perceptions of women…

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