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AbstractNegotiations over real estate show that men secure better prices than women. However, gender differences decrease when improving controls for the property's value, and is eliminated when controlling for unobserved heterogeneity in a repeated-sales sample. Rather than evidence of differences in negotiation, price differences result from men and women demanding different properties. Consistently, we find no gender difference in sales prices secured for inherited property. Provided appropriate controls, men and women fare equally well when negotiating over real estate. Our study demonstrates that inference on gender differences in negotiation relies critically on controlling for the value of the negotiated item.

While politics are known to be prevalent at managerial levels, there is currently little insight into what drives managers to engage in organizational politics and whether there are gender differences in this respect. In the current study we explore the concept of political will by using a qualitative approach based on 14 semi-structured interviews with managers (five men and nine women) in a global semiconductor company. We identify key dimensions of managerial political will consisting of three attitudinal ambivalences: functional, ethical and emotional. We also examine gender differences along these dimensions and discuss managers' political will in the context of a masculine organizational setting. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of the findings and further research directions. © 2012 British Academy of Management.

Demokrasi mengamanatkan adanya persamaan akses dan peran serta penuh bagi laki-laki maupun perempuan, atas dasar prinsip persamaan derajat, dalam semua wilayah dan tataran kehidupan publik, terutama dalam posisi-posisi pengambilan keputusan. Tujuan dari program pengabdian masayarakat ini adalah memberikan penguatan kepada kelompok perempuan kader partai politik tentang wawasan gender serta peran dan fungsinya sebagai ibu, karir dan organisasi politik . Metode pelaksanaan pengabdian masayarat ini menggunakan pendekatan comumnity development dengan tiga karakter utama berbasis masyarakat (community based), berbasis sumber daya setempat (local resource based) dan berkelanjutan (sustainable). Mitra dalam program pengabdian pada masyarakat ini adalah kelompok perempuan kader partai GOLKAR kabupaten Jombang. Hasil dari program ini adalah penguatan tentang wawasan gender dalam peran sebagai ibu, karir dan organisasi politik melalui Talk show dan pendampingan diperoleh peningkatan pemahaman tentang wawasan gender sebesar 14,3%. Bahwa mitra menjadi lebih mampu memberikan peran sesuai tugas dan kewajibannya

One hundred fifteen female and 252 male entrepreneurs from Atlantic Canada and Ontario were compared to identify gender similarities and differences in terms of their perceptions of success as well as comparing general success factors present in the literature. Gender comparisons were based on a Success Factors' scale derived from the literature and on objective as well as subjective Performance Indicators. Factor analyses and other statistics revealed a positive relation between subjective and objective performance indicators, as well as a particular importance of government programs geared to entrepreneurs among female respondents. Both genders received considerable spousal support.

Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Changing gender roles and family formation: overview of key issues and previous research; Rationale for study; Background and context of present study; Changing gender role attitudes: the international context; Socio-cultural context in Ireland; Irish women's increasing participation in the labour force; Demographic changes and the emergence of new family forms.

"The family" has long been a focus of cross-party
attention. While family is perceived as foundational to
society's success, how parents rear their children is perhaps
the most conservative or persistent part of concern. While
Chinese immigrant families and Chinese families in Asia –
in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, mainland China, and
elsewhere – are struggling with a socialization process that
has emphasized support for traditional values, they are also
simultaneously being confronted by modern ideologies and
technologies. Professionals have a growing interest in
addressing the culturally diverse needs and the gender issues
of Chinese families.
The theme of this issue of The Open Family Studies
Journal, then, is "Gender, family and parenting in the
Chinese context". The heart of this special issue lies in a
concern for families, in particular for the challenges posed to
families and parenting practices in a changing world. The
family, like any social group, is a product of history, culture
and context. Because of economic and technological
changes, and the increasingly pluralistic nature of our
society, both gender relations and family structures have
undergone tremendous change, and many challenges await
elucidation. The seven papers in this special issue thus
feature new perspectives on family, gender and parenting
issues.
The issue opens with a paper on scale validation. Since
intimacy is a construct that has received limited attention in
the Chinese context, the first paper, "Intimacy as a distinct
construct: validating the intimacy scale among older adults
of residential care homes in Hong Kong", aims to develop a
valid measurement for the quality of the relationship
between older adults and family caregivers in the Hong
Kong Chinese context. The study results demonstrate the
reliability and validity of the instrument across samples of
older adults.
Paper 2 and 3 that follow are qualitative studies adopting
cultural perspectives to understand Chinese American
immigrant adults and older female survivors of intimate
partner violence in Taiwan. In paper 2, "Understanding
family connections and help-seeking behavior in Chinese parental lives. These findings illustrate how existentialism
provides a new frame of reference and new practice
directions for conducting parent-education programs.
The final paper titled "Internet supervision and parenting
in the digital age: The case of Shanghai" echoes the
technological advancement and its impact on parenting. In a
changing world, and in a society permeated by the Internet
and by nearly instantaneous communication, families
constantly need to adapt to different and changing ways of
parenting. The paper explores the issue of parenting
confidence in supervision of children's Internet use in
Shanghai, China. Multiple-regression models are used to
identify factors affecting parents' confidence about their own
parenting. The findings suggest that efforts to assist parents
should help them review their attitudes towards the Internet. American immigrant adults who attempt suicide", the
authors investigate beliefs, values and norms in the Chinese
family culture and examine Chinese cultural influences on
attitudes and beliefs about mental health and mental health
services in the immigrant context. Paper 3, "Older female
survivors of intimate partner violence in the Taiwanese
cultural context" examines the needs of older female IPV
survivors in another Chinese cultural context. The findings
of both studies reflect the importance of family and the
influence of Chinese family culture; they make it clear that
traditional family beliefs are still highly valued and hold a
prominent position in Chinese culture. The authors of these
two papers question the efficacy of service-delivery models
based on Western cultures, and they call for ethnically
sensitive intervention approaches that incorporate cultural
premises into developing viable options for service
recipients.
Paper 4 is titled "The Macau family-in-transition: the
perceived impact of casino employment on family
relationships among dealer families". This paper draws on
findings from a qualitative study to explore the impacts of
casino employment on family life and family relationships.
The family, like other social group, is a product of culture
and context, and the specific socio-economic context of
Macau poses challenges to dealer families and casino
workers in performing their parental role. The paper sheds
much-needed light on our understanding of Macau dealer
families.
The final three papers in this special issue all address the
issue of parenting. Paper 5, "Reflective inquiry on
professionals' view on parents and about parenting",
examines professionals' views of parents, their attitudes and
beliefs about parenting, and the values underpinning their
practice. The study's findings on the theme of parent
blaming provide an impetus for professionals to reflect on
the attitudes and assumptions they hold, and their impact on
parents. The paper calls for reflection on parenting work to
recognize the difficulties and challenges faced by
contemporary families.
Paper 6, "Reviving parents' life momentum: A qualitative
evaluation of a parent education program adopting an
existential approach", reports the results of a qualitative
analysis of the participants' perceptions of a parent-education program. The findings of this study demonstrate
that a program of this nature can make parents aware of the
existential dimensions of being a parent and help them
understand the significance of creating meaning in their
In fact, family, parenting and gender are vastly contested
terms which encompass a range of topics. The seven varied
papers recommended for publication in this special issue
reflect the considerable attention that we have placed on
family, parenting and gender, and also the vision of this
special issue. These papers add to the growing body of
research and literature, and they provide both food for
thought and a platform for discussion.
In the last, I offer both my sincere thanks to the authors
who have contributed to this special issue, and my gratitude
to those who have participated as blind peer reviewers. Their
thoughtful comments and criticisms have certainly improved
the quality of each and every paper in this special issue.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations -- Introduction. Townspeople, Company People, and Textiles: A Woven History -- PART 1. Gendered Experiences -- 1. Competing Masculinities: Docile Workers, Aggressive Afandiyya, and the Mechanization of the Modern Subject -- 2. Urbanizing Masculinity: Workers, Weavers, and Futuwwat in Violent Alliances and Fluid Identities -- 3. Mechanizing Women: Industrial Workers or Women Adrift? -- 4. Ladies in Urban Times: Work, Property, and Gender in the Modernity of the Poor -- PART 2. Industrial Sexuality -- 5. Sexually Speaking: Unveiling the Harassment of Women, Child Molestation, Homosexuality, and Hetero-intimacy in Industrial-Urban Space -- 6. Striking and Sex-Working: Living with Tuberculosis, Syphilis, and Other Monsters -- Conclusion. The Anxiety of Transition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Following the outbreak of war in Syria, many people had to move to neighbouring countries and beyond. Hence Turkey received a large number of Syrians as refugees since 2011. Syrian refugee women faced challenges arising from them being refugees and women. These experiences are not dissimilar to other refugee women's experiences around the world. This study aimed at analysing the news about Syrian refugee women in Turkish newspapers. Four well established Turkish newspapers with nationwide distribution (i.e. Habertürk, Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Internethaber) were screened between 2015 and 2019. It was found that Syrian women refugees faced gender-based violence in Turkey. Their experiences as concubines, and in prostitution as well as sexual assaults were mentioned in the news articles we have analysed.

Investigates the persistent inequality of women in the job market to critique the preferences assertion of individual & family choice. The author argues that preference-based explanations rest on an essentialist view of gender. A description of preference theory reviews the extensive criticism of the theoretical maintenance of women's entrapment in the responsibilities for care-work. Changes to the male breadwinner model of employment are weakened by governmental unwillingness to interfere in an employer's right to manage. The gendered division of labor in both public & private spheres remains central to the explanation of aggregate levels of material inequalities between men & women. "Preference theory' is concluded to be a powerful rationale for the gendered status quo & the persistent material inequalities between men & women. Tables, References. J. Harwell

Im Zuge der weltweiten Demokratisierungsbestrebungen spielen zivilgesellschaftliche AkteurInnen eine entscheidende Rolle, die nicht zuletzt durch die Proteste in den arabischen Staaten wie Tunesien oder Ägypten deutlich wurde. Auch Frauen haben sich zu wichtigen Akteurinnen innerhalb der Zivilgesellschaft qualifiziert. Sie haben sich zu aktiven Teilnehmerinnen entwickelt, die ihre geschlechterpolitischen Ziele formulieren und dazu beitragen diese zur Diskussion zu stellen. Nichtsdestotrotz sind gerade Frauen oftmals am stärksten von politischen Rückschlägen und Repression betroffen. Umso überraschender scheint es, dass eine systematische Verknüpfung von Zivilgesellschaftsforschung, politischen Transformationsprozessen und Gender bisher nur unzureichend vorgenommen wurde, obwohl es Überschneidungen und gewichtige inhaltliche Argumente für einen engeren Austausch zwischen politikwissenschaftlicher Geschlechter- und Zivilgesellschaftsforschung gibt. Bisher hat der Mainstream der Zivilgesellschaftsforschung Gender nur unzureichend als wissenschaftliche Analysekategorie inkludiert; auf der anderen Seite haben sich die Gender-Studies nur in einem begrenzten Maße mit Zivilgesellschaft als Forschungsobjekt beschäftigt. Der Literaturbericht greift dieses Desiderat auf und gibt einen Überblick über die theoretischen und empirischen Arbeiten, die die Themenfelder Zivilgesellschaft und Gender miteinander verknüpfen und macht so auf die unterschiedlichen Schwerpunkte in der Literatur aufmerksam.

Author uses the presence and performance of women in Trinidad's Carnival, and the narratives surrounding them, to comprehend the linkages between Carnival and the Trinidadian national identity, between gender and the nationalist project. She contends that the public debates surrounding the perceived 'feminization' of Carnival are highly charged because it both exposes the dilemma of post-colonial nation-building and strikes at the heart of the nationalist project.

Women's philanthropy has drawn much attention during recent years, mostly in studies from the United States or the United Kingdom. Relevant issues are to what extent gender differences in charitable giving exist in another national context and how these differences can be explained. In this study, we examine female and male giving in the Netherlands, using a representative sample of Dutch households ( N = 1,692) from the 2010 wave of the Giving in the Netherlands Panel Survey (GINPS). We conduct bivariate and multivariate regression analyses to test for gender differences and the extent to which they are mediated by values, costs, solicitation, and social pressure. Females turn out to be more likely to give and to give to more different sectors, which can be attributed to their higher prosocial values of empathic concern and the principle of care. Contrary to recent findings in the United States, Dutch males donate higher amounts than Dutch females.