Gender Equality in the Workplace Macro and Micro Perspectives on the Status of Highly Educated Women

Focusing on the status of highly educated women in the workplace, this book examines how a particular demographic and workforce group can help to close the gender gap worldwide. Despite contributing to the substantial fall of differentials between men and women on a global scale, the demographic of highly educated women is rarely explored in terms of its impact on gender equality. Drawing on both macro- and micro-level perspectives, this book analyses the theory behind gender segregation and initiatives for women’s inclusion, as well as offering empirical accounts of women’s experiences in the workplace. The authors have written a timely and valuable book that will appeal to both researchers of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, but also policy-makers and practitioners involved in HR.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- 2. Gender Inequality: General Areas of Gender Segregation.- 3. Gender Inequality: Specific Areas of Gender Segregation.- 4. Consequences of Gender Segregation in the Contemporary Work Environment: Barriers to Women's Employment, Development and Advancement.- 5. Gender Equality Initiatives and their Benefits.- 6. (In)Equality of Highly Educated Women.- 7. Macro Perspectives on the Equality of Highly Educated Women: Focus on EU-28.- 8. Micro Perspectives on the Equality of Highly Educated Women: Their Perceptions of Career Development.- 9. Conclusion: Highly Educated Women and the Future of Equality.

Nina Pološki Vokic is Professor of Management and HRM in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She is also a Guest Professor at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, and has written and edited a number of books, chapters and journal articles.

Alka Obadic is Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and Visiting Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Teaching and researching macroeconomics, the Croatian economy, employment policies, clusters and competitiveness, Alka is co-author of a number of university textbooks, monographs and journal articles.

Dubravka Sincic Coric is Professor of Marketing, Marketing Management and Business-to-Business Marketing in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has co-authored 3 textbooks and over 50 articles and papers.