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Service Work as Lived Experience: A Problematizing Review

open access: yesHuman Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between employee burnout and growing recruitment challenges, a systemic crisis confronts the service industry. One reason lies in the scope of received human resource management (HRM) approaches, which often emphasize organizational performance metrics at the expense of the emotional, social, and material experiences of doing frontline service
Kushagra Bhatnagar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Masculinity and femininity

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността
The article examines the different interpretations of masculinity and femininity within the contexts of sociology, cultural studies, and psychology. In sociology, gender roles are considered to be socially constructed and variable, with feminist studies
Gergana Nikolova Hristova
doaj   +1 more source

“A battle between lust and loathing”: The interplay between masculinity and femininity in Zakes Mda’s The Madonna of Excelsior

open access: yesTydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017
In this essay the emphasis is on the interplay between masculinity and femininity and in particular that of white masculinity versus black femininity, as well as the role played by black female sexuality in the formation of masculine identity in a rural ...
Marius Crous
doaj   +1 more source

Beautiful Disease: The Story of Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy in the American Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 2013 Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy earlier that year. This qualitative study examines the social meaning of that Times piece.
Michel, Angie
core   +1 more source

Scaling With Bias? The Role of Founders' HR Knowledge and Experience in Hiring and Managerial Appointments

open access: yesHuman Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New ventures are expected to continuously add new jobs and managerial positions to meet the expanding demands of scaling. However, the rapid pace and inherent uncertainty of scaling often lead founders of new ventures to rely on heuristics when making these critical hiring and managerial appointment decisions.
Mohamed Genedy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Female Facial Appearance and Health

open access: yesEvolutionary Psychology, 2012
The current study addressed whether rated femininity, attractiveness, and health in female faces are associated with numerous indices of self-reported health history (number of colds/stomach bugs/frequency of antibiotic use) in a sample of 105 females ...
Alan W. Gray, Lynda G. Boothroyd
doaj   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of alcohol in constructing gender & class identities among young women in the age of social media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Research suggests young women view drinking as a pleasurable aspect of their social lives but that they face challenges in engaging in a traditionally ‘masculine’ behaviour whilst maintaining a desirable ‘femininity’.
Antonia Lyons   +69 more
core   +3 more sources

Adult Advisor Efficacy to Support LGBTQ+ Youth as a Predictor of LGBTQ+ Youth's Experiences in Gender‐Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) and at School

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Many LGBTQ+ youth seek support from adults at school, which can include advisors of Gender‐Sexuality Alliances (GSAs; clubs affirming LGBTQ+ youth). Little research has considered how efficacious advisors feel to support LGBTQ+ GSA members, or how advisors' efficacy contributes to LGBTQ+ youth's school experiences.
V. Paul Poteat   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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