Equal Opportunities International: Volume 22 Issue 5

Mapping discrimination: gender, race and disadvantage in French West Africa

Claire Griffiths

Looks at how France colonized and claimed an area of Africa 14 times its own size, between 1830 and 1910 – which was subsequently split into French West Africa and French…

The best advice for sexual harassment victims in the US: don’t complain, just quit and sue

Kelly Collins Woodford, Harry A. Rissetto

In the last three years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 246,575 charges of workplace discrimination, of which 43,437 alleged sexual harassment. In 1998…

Using collaborative modeling to mediate workplace conflicts

Arthur Jeffrey, Bruce Blitman, Jeanne D. Maes, Robert A. Shearer

Investigates conflict in the workplace and states that mediation is beneficial to both employees and employers. Suggests that managers should cultivate team communication, and…

The expatriation experience of the Chinese spouse in New Zealand

Christopher Selvarajah, Stanley Petzall

This study examines the adjustment process and the adaptability of the Chinese migrant spouses’ in Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 97 spouses participated in a survey from a…

Employability of older workers

Margaret Patrickson, Robert Ranzijn

This article examines the concept of employability as applied to older workers. It argues that much of the lack of success experienced by older job seekers in securing employment…

New developments in managing job related stress

Sandy Ornelas, Brian H. Kleiner

We spend over ten hours a day at work or on work related issues. We not only have to deal with work pressures but also juggle, personal relationships, personal finances…