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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how persistent inequality in London can be addressed through a place‐based systems approach, using Feltham in the Borough of Hounslow—one of the capital's most deprived areas—as a case study. It offers a blueprint for community regeneration using a ‘pathways to progression’ education model.
Peter John
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CEOs e Composição do Conselho de Administração: a Falta de Identificação Pode Ser Motivo para Existência de Teto de Vidro para Mulheres no Brasil? [PDF]
RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2011 The significant growth of female labor market participation did not resolve the gender-related differences concerning wages and promotion. According to the family division of work theory, a comparative advantage between the couple would determine the ...
Regina Madalozzo
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the identity formation process undertaken by Spanish women's religious following the aggiornamento promoted by the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, it seeks to examine the context in which these women lived and acted, analysing the construction of their identities, their capacity for agency and transgression within ...
Verónica García‐Martín
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Rat Races and Glass Ceilings- Career Paths in Organizations [PDF]
In an ongoing organization, such as a large law partnership, employees are motivated not only by current rewards but also by the prospect of promotion, and the opportunity to influence policy and make rules in the future.
Katerina Sherstyuk, Peter Bardsley
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THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
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The measurement of gender wage discrimination: The distributional approach revisited [PDF]
This paper presents the advantages of taking into account the distribution of the individual wage gap when analyzing female wage discrimination. The limitations of previous approaches such as the classic Oaxaca-Blinder and the recent distributive ...
Carlos Gradín +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
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Women in Managerial Positions in Europe: Focus on Germany [PDF]
Prejudices and stereotypical beliefs about the role of women in society often limit their chances of reaching top leadership positions. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the socioeconomic structure and the gender pay gap in managerial positions ...
Elke Holst
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The Route to the Top: Female Union Leaders and Union Policy [PDF]
, 1993 [Excerpt] Although women now constitute about one third of the members of labor unions in the United States, they are still barely visible in top leadership.
Gray, Lois Spier
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Economic Record, EarlyView.We investigate whether being female, Indigenous, from a non‐English speaking background (NESB) or having a disability affects career advancement in the Australian Public Service. Over the past 20 years, women have become more likely to get promoted at senior ranks than similar men and just as likely at junior ranks. NESB staff have much lower promotion
Robert Breunig, David Hansell, Nu Nu Win
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