scholarly journals Equilibrium Search with Multiple Attributes and the Impact of Equal Opportunities for Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn G. Coles ◽  
Marco Francesconi
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Equilibrium Search ◽  
Multiple Attributes ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Equilibrium Search and the Impact of Equal Opportunities for Women

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn G. Coles ◽  
Marco Francesconi
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Equilibrium Search ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Equilibrium Search and the Impact of Equal Opportunities for Women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn G. Coles ◽  
Marco Francesconi
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Equilibrium Search ◽  
The Impact

Ethnic Minorities and Equal Treatment: The Impact of Gender, Equal Opportunities Policies and Trade Unions

2001 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Noon ◽  
Kim Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
The Impact

The article examines whether ethnic minority employees report poorer treatment at work than white employees, and evaluates the impact of three key features — gender differences, formal equal opportunities policies and trade union recognition. The analysis reveals that ethnic minority men and women receive poorer treatment than their white counterparts. In addition, there is evidence to suggest that ethnic minority women receive poorer treatment than ethnic minority men. Equal opportunities policies are effective in ensuring equal treatment, but the presence of a recognised trade union is not. White men and women in unionised workplaces enjoy better treatment than their white counterparts in non-union workplaces, but the same is not true for ethnic minorities. By contrast, there is very little evidence of unequal treatment in non-union workplaces.

scholarly journals The impact of an “equal opportunities” ideological framework on coaches’ knowledge and practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 975-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne Norman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
Religion And Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Equality And Diversity

This study focuses upon UK professional coaches’ experiences of equity training and the impact of the conceptualisation of equity as a matter of equal opportunities on this education and subsequent coaching practice. The research employs a critical feminist approach to connect the ideological framing of gender equity by sporting organisations to coaches’ ability to understand, identify and manage issues of gender equity, equality and diversity. The discussions are based on interviews with four coaches, Jack, Peter, Charlotte and Tony, who had all recently undertaken equity training, and all of whom represented sports and different stages of the coaching pathway. The data highlights that seeing gender equity through an “equal opportunities” lens results in a narrow conceptualisation of such issues by coaches, fails to challenge dominant and discriminative ideologies, and does not enable coaches to address equity within their practices. Consequently, coaches struggle to understand the importance of and manage such issues. The participants’ experiences reveal that gender relations, intersected principally with religion and ethnicity, underpinned their everyday coaching practices. The findings illustrate the need for sporting organisations to redefine how they approach equality and equity and for a more sophisticated sociocultural educational programme for coaches.

scholarly journals Gender, family and employment in comparative perspective: the realities and representations of equal opportunities in Britain and France

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosmary Crompton ◽  
Nicky Le Feuvre
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, we will explore how contrasting national discourses relating to women, and gender equality have been incorporated into and reflected in national policies. In the first section, we will outline the recent history of EU equal opportunities policy, in which positive action has been replaced by a policy of 'mainstreaming'. Second, we will describe the evolution of policies towards women and equal opportunities in Britain and France. It will be argued that whereas some degree of positive action for women has been accepted in Britain, this policy is somewhat alien to French thinking about equality - although pro-natalist French policies have resulted in favourable conditions for employed mothers in France. In the third section, we will present some attitudinal evidence, drawn from national surveys, which would appear to reflect the national policy differences we have identified in respect of the 'equality agenda'. In the fourth section, we will draw upon biographical interviews carried out with men and women in British and French banks in order to illustrate the impact of these cross-national differences within organizations and on individual lives. We demonstrate that positive action gender equality policies have made an important impact in British banks, while overt gender exclusionary practices still persist in the French banks studied. In the conclusion, we reflect on the European policy implications of our findings.

scholarly journals Equal Opportunities in Academic Careers? How Mid-Career Scientists at ETH Zurich Evaluate the Impact of Their Gender and Age

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Hansmann ◽  
Dagmar Schröter
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Professor Level ◽  
The Impact

Gender equality is essential to social justice and sustainable development in the higher education sector. An important aspect thereof is to promote equal opportunities for academic careers. This study investigates the current situation and possibilities for improvement in this regard from the perspectives of mid-career scientists in a sustainability-oriented university department. A survey of scientists from the postdoctoral to adjunct professor level (N = 82) in the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) of ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) was thus conducted to investigate judgements, experiences, and ideas for improvement concerning equal career opportunities. About 90% of the respondents perceived no disadvantages based on gender, ethnicity, race, or faith. However, about 30% felt disadvantaged due to their age. Comments revealed not a single case in which latter disadvantages were based on prejudice. Instead, ETH-wide or national age and time-based restrictions for certain positions caused the inequality perceptions. Furthermore, comments indicated that these restrictions can disadvantage scientists taking care of children. Some participants suggested a revision or removal of corresponding rules. Further suggestions included an improved availability of childcare places. ETH Zurich recently undertook great efforts to provide excellent and affordable childcare services, increasing the number of available places by about 30% in the year following this survey.

Gender Auditing e Approccio delle Capacitŕ: Teoria e Metodologia

2009 ◽  
pp. 125-152
Author(s):  
Diego Lanzi
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gender Empowerment ◽  
Simple Variation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sen’S Capability Approach

- In this paper we propose a model of Gender Auditing (GA) inspired by Amartya Sen's capability approach. The methodological and normative assumptions and features of the model are outlined in order to list the relevant dimensions of human development. Then, the paper proposes indicators and a simple variation of the Gender Empowerment Measure to evaluate the impact of public policies on gender issues of equal opportunities between men and women.JEL D63, I31, J16Keywords: Economia di Genere, Politiche Pubbliche, Capacitŕ, Well-being

The Impact of Organizational Form on Gendered Labour Markets in Engineering and Law

1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Cook ◽  
Malcolm Waters
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Educational Qualification ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Organizational Patterns ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Promotion Rates ◽  
The Impact

It is well known that occupations are differentially gendered and explanations for such gendering usually focus on structure and process in the labour market. However little is known of the fine detail of the way in which labour markets perform for particular occupations in particular local contexts. This article is based on micro-sociological research on the professional labour markets for law and engineering professionals in the city of Hobart, Australia. It addresses a discrepancy in women's participation and promotion rates in each of these professions: the proportion of women in high positions in engineering matches their educational qualification rates while that in law is considerably lower than educational qualification rates would suggest. The paper proposes that the explanation can be found in the respective organizational patterns of the two professions. Engineering is practised in large-scale bureaucratic organizations where formal rules govern recruitment and promotion, where equal opportunities legislation literally applies, and where a strict separation is maintained between public and domestic spheres. By contrast, law is practised in collegial partnerships where informal judgements govern recruitment and promotion, where the letter of equal opportunities legislation need not be applied, and where advancement depends on the subordination of the domestic to the public sphere.

scholarly journals An evaluation of a STEM summer undergraduate research internship scheme: student-perceived learning gains

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Williams ◽  
Humma Hussain ◽  
Pinali Manojkumar ◽  
Asim Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Learning Gain ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
The Impact

The organisation of a STEM-wide summer undergraduate research internship scheme to ensure equal opportunities for all students is reported. Student engagement in the internship programme is much greater in the Biological, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences (142 applications in 2016) than in Engineering and Computing (30 applications in 2016). To evaluate the impact of the scheme, previous interns were surveyed about their perceived learning gains from doing an internship. Twenty three responses were received from 46 previous interns. The greatest gains were reported for key skills such as: project and time management and working independently. Though the number of responses was small, engineering interns reported lower perceived learning gains than science interns. The survey indicated that perceived gains in key skills such as oral presentation and scientific writing were not rated very highly. In addition, more oral presentation and writing a final report were rated amongst the lowest for changes that might improve the learning gain from doing an internship.Keywords:  Research Internship, learning gain

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