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Entrepreneurship and role models [PDF]
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012 In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions.
Bosma, N. +4 more
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A Qualitative Examination of the Importance of Female Role Models in Investment Banks [PDF]
, 2009 A number of practitioner surveys across a range of industries have cited the lack of senior female role models as a barrier to career progression. There is very little academic literature to explain this at a senior organizational level.
Sealy, Ruth
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Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which – and how – female expatriate role models support women to take up expatriate assignments in the male-dominated oil and gas industry. Design/methodology/approach: The research uses
Shortland, Susan, Shortland, S.
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Constructing a professional identity: how young female managers use role models. [PDF]
, 2006 Role models are often identified as important for aspiring managers as they seek insights into how to develop themselves in their careers. There are, however, still few female role models at the top of companies.
Val Singh +5 more
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Football, alcohol and gambling: an unholy trinity?
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Kinanthropologica, 2016 In this paper I argue that football plays a questionable role in promoting two potentially problematic activities, namely drinking alcohol and gambling.
Carwyn Jones
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The importance of role models and demographic context for senior women's work identity development [PDF]
, 2009 The lack of senior female role models continues to be cited as a key barrier to women's career success. Yet there is little academic research into the gendered aspects of role modelling in organizations, or the utility of role models at a senior level ...
Sealy, R. +6 more
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Between woman and camera: On role models produced through photography
, 2022 The essay focuses on analyzing the various discourses that have driven the expansion of the photographic industry and technology both historically and today.
Dorota Walentynowicz
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Muži do škol? Ano! Ale…: Potřeba mužů v primárním vzdělávání [PDF]
Gender a Výzkum, 2018 In recent public discussions in Europe on the advantages of mixed-gender teams, many voices have been calling for more men in primary education. The urgent need to get more male teachers into primary education exists also in the Czech Republic.
Nina Fárová
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Gender roles are formed in early childhood and continue to influence behavior through adolescence and adulthood, including the choice of academic majors and careers. In many countries, men are underrepresented in communal roles in health care, elementary
Maria Olsson, Sarah E. Martiny
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