PURPOSE: Several studies have shown that the traditional stereotype of a "good" manager being masculine and male still exists. The recent changes in the proportion of women and female managers in organizations could affect these two managerial stereotypes, leading to a stronger preference for feminine characteristics and female leaders. This study examines if the gender of an employee, the gend...

We measure the earnings and welfare losses experienced by displaced employees of the Ecuadorian Central Bank (BCE), and link these losses to individual characteristics such as age, gender, education, seniority and wage in the public sector. Data are from a survey of BCE employees we ran fifteen to eighteen months after separation, including subjective evaluations of well-being in addition to in...

The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the dimensions of glass ceiling and the organizational commitment of women employees at University of Isfahan, which was conducted by a correlational-type descriptive method. The study population consisted of the women employees working at University of Isfahan, whose number stood at 428 individual and 202 individuals of the...

Because human parvovirus B19 (B19) infections are common in children, and maternal infection of pregnant women may cause fetal death, risk factors for B19 infections for hospital and school employees were identified during an endemic period. By serologic testing, 2730 employees of 135 schools in three school systems and 751 employees of a hospital were monitored. Of these, 60% were initially se...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a survey among non-medical employees working at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, in order to determine the factors associated with their intentions to leave their jobs during the nuclear disaster. PARTICIPANTS We asked 287 employees (166 men and 121 women) in the study. METHODS We asked about their intentions to leave their jobs after th...

access to stable development requires organized participation of all people, including women in all institutes. reduction of limitations and increase in legal authority of women are necessary to achieve the highest rate of participation. in this regard, a developmental approach demands a balanced increase in the legal knowledge, organizational authorities and civil demands of women particularly...

A cross sectional study to investigate the prevalence of obesity, overweight and abdominal obesity and its association with the level of physical activity (PA) measured in employees of a Rio de Janeiro University according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).299 employees selected by random sampling were interviewed. The association between PA and anthropometric markers ...

Abstract This study investigates differences in the causal effect of fixed-term contracts on affective job insecurity by gender and household context Germany. Research shows that workers employment are more unsettled about their security than permanent employees. We contribute to literature subjective explicitly modelling examining how women men differ this effect. argue labour market positions...

Despite greater knowledge about gender (in)equality issues, women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are still largely portrayed in stereotypical ways in the media. We sought to uncover what both academic research and mainstream US and UK media communicate relative to the topic of women in STEM, in general, and women in computing, in particular. The notion of image cente...