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Men and Women of the Corporation
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The Measurement of Organizational Commitment.
TL;DR: The Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) as discussed by the authors ) is a measure of employee commitment to work organizations, developed by Porter and his colleagues, which is based on a series of studies among 2563 employees in nine divergent organizations.
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Searching for Common Threads: Understanding the Multiple Effects of Diversity in Organizational Groups
TL;DR: This article reviewed and evaluated recent management research on the effects of different types of diversity in group composition at various organizational levels (i.e., boards of directors, top management groups, and organizational task groups) for evidence of common patterns.
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Predictors of objective and subjective career success: a meta‐analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis reviewed four categories of predictors of objective and subjective career success: human capital, organizational sponsorship, sociodemographic status, and stable individual differences.
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Gender stereotypes stem from the distribution of women and men into social roles
TL;DR: According to stereotypic beliefs about the sexes, women are more communal (selfless and concerned with others) and less agentic (self-assertive and motivated to master) than men.
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The Gender and Ethnic Diversity of US Boards and Board Committees and Firm Financial Performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the business case for the inclusion of women and ethnic minority directors on the board and found no significant relationship between the gender or ethnic diversity of the board, or important board committees, and financial performance for a sample of major US corporations.
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A framework of the foundation theories underlying the relationships between individuals within a diverse workforce.
TL;DR: In this article, a framework for understanding the foundations that underlie an individual's behaviour in a diverse workforce context is proposed, which is divided into three groups: social theories, interaction frameworks and heuristics.
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The Case for Family-Friendly Work Practices in the Australian Construction Industry
Valerie Francis,Helen Lingard +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a growing body of research has found that the implementation of family-friendly work policies and practices can lead to greaterproductivity, lower attrition rates and higher morale in the workplace, and providinga work environment that is supportive of workers' family roles can help to alleviate workrelated mental health problems.
Gender issues embedded in the experience of women student teachers: A study using in-depth interviewing
TL;DR: In spite of the proclivity to organize educational practices around the concept of gender and the pervasive presence of women in public school teaching, little research exists which focuses on women's experience teaching in a patriarchal school environment as discussed by the authors.
An exploration of employee engagement in medical contexts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate existing engagement measures and their comparative relevance across two contexts: business and medical, and develop an engagement measure specifically for use in medical settings, a higher order construct including job satisfaction, dedication and focused time use.
Skills women bring to the position of chief of police
TL;DR: Savoie as discussed by the authors described skills women bring to the position of chief of police by Jo-Ann Savoie MA, Royal Roads University, 2009 BA, The University of Western Ontario, 1992 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Business Administration Walden University December 2015