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Women’s Experience in Leadership Roles: Increasing our Understanding of Leadership
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Onwards and upwards: Insights from women managers and leaders in engineering
No full textIn Australia, women’s participation rates in the engineering profession are comparable to that of the United States and Europe (Engineering UK, 2013) with only 10 percent of degree qualified engineers working in engineering and related professions being women (Kaspura, 2010). The low participation rates are attributed to small numbers of women enrolling into engineering courses and a high attrition rate post-graduation (Mills et al., 2008). This is despite government and industry body initiatives and the implementation of programs by organizations to attract, engage and retain women into the engineering profession. The low participation rates can be seen to contribute to the lack of engineering women in senior roles. Knowing many successful women in the profession in Australia prompted the authors to ask: “What do we know about engineering women in senior roles?” Observations suggested that despite low participation rates, women in the engineering profession do make it to senior roles, including those considered to be management and leadership roles, and achieve success. A review of the existing research into engineering women revealed that little is known about these women. Previous studies, in Australia and other developed economies, have centered on the attraction, education and retention of women into the profession and the associated barriers, challenges and issues (for example: Miller, 2004; Gill et al., 2008; Hewlett et al., 2008; Watts, 2009)
Deciding to stay or go: Understanding the career intentions of women in the Australian mining industry
No full textWomen seeking to develop careers paths in science and technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM occupations), areas characterised by an almost entirely male workforce, have been a focus of attention in research and discussions relating to gender equality in the workplace. While there have been increases in women’s representation in STEM careers, a challenge for management has been their retention. An important objective in seeking increased retention rates is to build a critical mass of women who can become role models for women who follow (Stout et al., 2011). In Australia there has been a focus on the attraction and retention of women in non-traditional occupations in the resources sector (Cabrera, 2006; Chamber of Minerals and Energy, 2008; Guillaume and Pochic, 2009; Barrera et al., 2010). Human resource (HR) practitioners have traditionally had remuneration and promotion, employee awards, and staff development in their armoury to reinforce commitment and reduce turnover. These focus on the external drivers and career success indicators and assume homogeneity amongst employees in career values and career motivation. Literature on women’s workforce experiences has been critical of the assumption that women can be encompassed by male centric models of motivation towards career success and advancement and workplace behaviour (Eagly and Karau, 2002; O’Neil et al., 2004; O’Neil and Bilimoria, 2005; O’Neil et al., 2008; Rudman and Phelan, 2008). An alternative approach to attraction and retention is to understand career values and drivers of individual employees and seek policies and career trajectories that take these into account
Relational practice in the academy: an exploratory study
No full textEmotional intelligence has been identified as an important characteristic of successful leaders. Fletcher argues that people who show such characteristics in the organisation often in line with the espoused organisational values "get disappeared from the organisational screen" (Fletcher, 1999, pp. 2-3). She refers to such work as relational practice and it is closely associated with the work that women often undertake in organisations. This Fletcher sees as leading to its devaluation. Women are expected to display a range of relational practices in the workplace. In universities one demonstration is the pastoral care roles that women take on and are expected to take on particularly as universities move more and more towards customer service models of operation. However they are not rewarded for such work, it is work that gets disappeared in the reward structures. In this exploratory study we interviewed I 0 academic women staff at Curtin Business School and using Fletcher's framework as a guide, asked them to comment on the range of tasks that they have observed others undertake that could be considered as relational practice. They also commented on their own relational practice in the academy. This presentation will provide an overview of the findings
Replacement of Cakile edentula with Cakile maritima in New South Wales and on Lord Howe Island
No full textTwo species of Cakile (Brassicaceae) have been introduced to Australia and the genus has been a common feature on the beaches of NSW for over 130 years; Cakile edentula has been present for at least 148 years (in NSW since about 1870), while Cakile maritima arrived approximately 114 years ago, (in NSW since about 1969). Collections at CANB and NSW confirm that since around 1970 plants more like Cakile maritima have almost entirely replaced Cakile edentula along the NSW coast. A similar phenomenon is reported for Lord Howe Island
Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral thesis "Self-states, attachment and dissociation: relationships and measurement".
No full textDataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral thesis "Self-states, attachment and dissociation: relationships and measurement" by Clarissa Lord.
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Lord Bateman
No full textThe travels and loves of Lord Batemenhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/1419/thumbnail.jp
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No full textRecognising and achieving women's full potential in a rapidly changing higher education environment: The importance of research
No full textThe Lord of the Rings” and the World Wars: The Applicability of Allegory
No full text"Lord of the Rings" trilogy, written by John Ronal Reuel Tolkien between 1937 and 1949 is an epic novel, set in the fictional Middle Earth, in which a brotherhood of humans, elves and dwarves battles against a mighty force of evil, Sauron and his minions to protect the free world from destruction and slavery. Although the author denies that the novel is an allegory of war, many people believe that he was influenced greatly by the First and Second World Wars. My research question was "How did the Two World Wars Influence John Ronald Reuel Tolkien During the Creation of “ the Lord of the Rings” Trilogy ?" . I will analyze the similarities between the events in the novel and the events during the two world wars and strive to point out how Tolkien was influenced by these. The most important allegory is the battle between the ultimate evil of Sauron (ie. Nazism and Fascism) and the free peoples of Middle Earth. Although evil is far more powerful and aggressive in the beginning, the determination and valor of a coalition of unlikely allies wins in the end. Several other points exist in the novel that are directly related to the events during the world wars. Nazi Germany, defeated and repressed after the First World War, rises again as an over-industrialized, hostile country, trying to spread its influence around the world. This is similar to Sauron and the forces of evil, defeated in the Second Age by the coalition of elves and humans, rises yet again to threaten Middle Earth and enslave its people. SS soldiers, performing unspeakable deeds during the Holocaust remind us of mindless orcs who carry out the orders of their masters without thinking. The uneasy alliance formed by the democratic capitalist countries with the communist Russians during the Second World War is like the alliance of elves and dwarves; although they are not fond of each other, they unite against a common enemy. Geographical similarities; the role of the Nazgul and V2 rockets; the similarity of Sauron's army with the German war machine; Saruman's resemblance to Mussolini; the likeness of Dead Marshes to the battlefields of Somme are other minor but important points
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