1999
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00189.x
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Lost opportunities? Organisational restructuring and women managers

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“…The costs of such under-utilisation may prove important as the demand from employees for part-time work opportunities grows. Women continue to improve their representation in skilled jobs, many wishing to combine work with motherhood (Brannen, 1997), but the long hours of work associated with professional, administrative and managerial jobs are incompatible with caring commitments (LMT, 1998a;Edwards et al, 1999). These in¯uences, plus the demands of an ageing population, are placing both men and women under pressure to seek ¯exibility in employment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The costs of such under-utilisation may prove important as the demand from employees for part-time work opportunities grows. Women continue to improve their representation in skilled jobs, many wishing to combine work with motherhood (Brannen, 1997), but the long hours of work associated with professional, administrative and managerial jobs are incompatible with caring commitments (LMT, 1998a;Edwards et al, 1999). These in¯uences, plus the demands of an ageing population, are placing both men and women under pressure to seek ¯exibility in employment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, there is evidence that women are less likely to be promoted than are men (Spurr, 1990), and that they reach lower organizational levels than do their male counterparts (Edwards, Robinson, Welchman, & Woodall, 1999). Although such differences may be attributable to gender differences in performance ability, meta-analyses provide evidence that gender differences in work performance are small or nonexistent (Bowen, Swim, & Jacobs, 2000;Eagly, Makhijani, & Klonsky, 1992).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…They are still generally paid less than men and still remain under-represented in certain sectors and occupations (Agocs, 2002;Chaykowski and Powell, 1999;Edwards et al, 1999). In addition, courts continue to find evidence of sex discrimination in private as well as federal government departments alike; a recent case was that of Lucy Farias v. David Chuang c.o.b.…”
Section: Employment Equity Actmentioning
confidence: 99%