Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 43 Issue 1

The effects of national and international tourism on income inequality: evidence from Asia-Pacific economies

Sudharshan Reddy Paramati, Thanh Pham Thien Nguyen

This paper explores the effect of tourism (national and international) indicators on income inequality in a sample of 21 Asia Pacific economies.

Overcoming the barriers to women's career in information and communication technology business

Lauryna Naseviciute, Rita Juceviciene

The paper focusses on the intrapersonal vs environmental barriers to women's career advancement to the top leadership positions in the information and communication technology…

The experiences of Palestinian Arabs with disabilities in Israel

Hira Amin, Leena Badran, Ayelet Gur, Michael Ashley Stein

Israel ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and has subsequently worked towards putting disability-empowering policies and facilities…

Authentic brand positioning or woke washing? LGBTQI+ consumer perceptions of brand activism

Cassiano Tressoldi, Lélis Balestrin Espartel, Simoni F. Rohden

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and others (LGBTQI+) movement has been the focus of companies that seek to win over consumers by supporting diversity. Any…

Why common job demands are challenging for individuals with mental illness: the interaction of personal vulnerability factors and ableist norms

Sophie Hennekam, Irena Descubes

Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study aims to examine which job demands individuals with diagnosed mental illness perceive to be most challenging as they…

Investigating the gender pay gap in the Maltese financial and insurance sector: a macro and micro approach

Maria Farrugia, Anna Borg, Anne Marie Thake

Although women have advanced in the economic sphere, the gender pay gap (GPG) remains a persisting problem for gender equality. Using Acker's theory of gendered organisations…

Development-ally focused: a review and reconceptualization of ally identity development

Larry Martinez, Isaac Sabat, Enrica Ruggs, Kelly Hamilton, Mindy Bergman, Kelly Dray

Although allies have been shown to be effective at helping to ignite positive change for marginalized groups, the literature on ally identity development is fragmented.

A key to recovery for working mothers? Psychological detachment and the roles of relaxation, mastery and control on boundary violations

Tiffany Trzebiatowski

This study aims to incorporate theory on effort-recovery and stressor-detachment models to examine the roles of relaxation, mastery and types of control on the relationship…

What is there to be happy about? The impact of race and resilience in the United States

Randi L. Sims, William C. Hawks, Baiyun Gong

The purpose of this study is to investigate racial differences in the moderating role of factors linked with resilience on the relationship between economic stress and happiness…