Md Safiullah, Tanzina Akhter, Paolo Saona, Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Anne Marie Goetz
This paper provides an assessment of efforts in six of the seven countries to improve public accountability to women in the development process. The paper begins with a brief theoretical discussion of feminist perspectives on the developmentalist state (Part I). It then goes on to provide an overvie...
Md Asadul Islam, Dieu Hack‐Polay, Mahfuzur Rahman, Amer Hamzah Jantan et al.
The study examines the personal, social, and organizational barriers facing women in university leadership positions in South Asia, building on the cases of Malaysia and Bangladesh. We discussed the topic through the lens of interactionist feminist theory. Semi-structured interviews with 20 female d...
Md. Mizanur Rahman, Noor Azman Ali, Amer Hamzah Jantan, Zuraina Dato Mansor et al.
Purpose The purpose of this study is to confirm that work to family conflict (W to FC), family to work conflict (F to WC) and work family balance (WFB) are the predictors of job satisfaction (JS) for Malaysian academic community. To achieve the fundamental objective, the authors first test the direc...
Rumana Ahmed, Nelia Hyndman-Rizk
While expanding higher education is an important component of women’s agency development, subsequent employment in the labour market remains an impediment to realising gender equality in many developing countries. In Bangladesh, while the rate of women’s higher education completion has steadily incr...
Habib Zafarullah
In Bangladesh the disparity between male and female representation in public administration is wide. Fewer women are employed in the civil service and they figure prominently in jobs set aside for them, while executive positions are generally occupied by men. Both systemic and subjective discriminat...
Jinnatul Raihan Mumu, Paolo Saona, Md. Shariful Haque, Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Purpose This paper aims to examine literature on corporate governance from the gender perspective adopting the two novel approaches: bibliometric analysis and content analysis. Design/methodology/approach For citation mapping and comprehensive content analysis, total 393 Web of Science indexed journ...
Christine Teelken, Yvette Taminiau, Claire Rosenmöller
The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of gender stereotypes in academia by examining the informal aspects of the university as an organisation. We do so by using the concept of ‘micro-political practices related to recruitment and progression in higher education institutions’. ...
Elissa L. Perry, Caryn J. Block, Debra A. Noumair
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a model that explores the relationship between inclusive leadership, inclusive climates and sexual harassment and other negative work-related outcomes, at the work unit and individual levels. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model of inclusive ...
Nabil Khattab, Shereen Hussein
This article aims to explain the labour market penalties among Muslim women in Britain. It draws on theories of intersectionality and colour/cultural racism to argue that the labour market experience of British-Muslim women is multiply determined via criteria of ascription such as ethnicity, migrati...
Felix Danbold, Miguel M. Unzueta
This research estimates the points of relative group representation at which members of dominant and nondominant groups declare an organization to be diverse. Across 7 studies, members of dominant groups, relative to members of nondominant groups, reported that diversity was achieved at lower repres...
Rebecca Shellock, Christopher Cvitanovic, Mary Mackay, Merryn McKinnon et al.
Mohammed Mehadi Masud Mazumder
Abstract There has been a recent surge in interest in academic research and public discourse surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study examines the level of SDG disclosure (SDGD) in Bangladeshi banking companies and explores its relationship with board gender diversity. An aut...
Samina M. Saifuddin, Lorraine Dyke, Md Sajjad Hossain
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to create a nuanced understanding of the barriers women high-tech professionals face in Bangladesh. The main aim is to identify the extent to which these barriers are common across different contexts and to explore the barriers that are unique and situated in the...
Romie Frederick Littrell, Andy Bertsch
Purpose This paper aims to present a meta‐analysis of available statistical data and literature for gender‐related practices concerning women in business and education across countries, comparing the patriarchal belt and South Asian countries in the belt to the rest of the world. The purpose of the ...