Equal opportunity outcomes for women in the finance industry in Australia: Evaluating the merit of EEO plans

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-332

  French, Erica ^a   Strachan, Glenda ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equal employment opportunity; Finance industry; Human resource management; Managing diversity; Women in management

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949129656     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411107082276.     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. A firmative Action (Equal Employment Opportunity for Women) Act. 1986.
2. Affirmative Action Agency (AAA). 1997. Annual report. Canberra: AGPS.
3. Affirmative Action Agency (AAA). 1998. Facts and figures. Canberra: Ausinfo.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 2003. Labour force Australia, catalogue no. 6203.0. Canberra: ABS.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). 2006. Labour force Australia, catalogue no. 6105.0. Canberra: ABS.
6. Bacchi, C. 1990. Same difference: Feminism and sexual difference. North Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
7. Bacchi, C. 2000. The seesaw effect: Down goes affirmative action, up comes managing diversity. Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies 5(2): 64-83.
8. Beck, D., and E. Davis 2005. EEO in senior management: Women executives in Westpac. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 43(2): 273-88.
9. Burton, C. 1991. The Promise and the price: The struggle for equal opportunity in women's employment. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
10. CCH Australia. 1990. Implementing a firmative action for women. Sydney: CCH Australia.
11. Cockburn, C. 1991. In the way of women: Men's resistance to sex equality in organizations. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
12. Crompton, R., and F. Harris 1999. Employment, careers, and families: The significance of choice and constraint in women's lives. In Restructuring gender relations and employment: The decline of the male breadwinner, ed. Crompton R., 128-49. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
13. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). 1984a. Affirmative action for women. vol. 1: A policy discussion paper. Canberra: AGPS.
14. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). 1984b. Affirmative action for women. vol. 2: Appendixes. Canberra: AGPS.
15. Emory, C.W., and D.R. Cooper 1991. Business research methods. 4th edn. Homewood, IL: Irwin.
16. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act. 1999.
17. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency. 2004. Australian census of women in leadership. Sydney: EOWA.
18. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency. 2005. Online searchable database of reports. http:www.eowa.gov.auReporting_And_ComplianceOnline_Searchable_Database_Of_Reports.asp (accessed January-April 2005).
19. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). 2006a. Waiving. http:www.eeo.gov.auWaiving.asp (accessed January 2006).
20. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). 2006b. Employer of choice for women. http:www.eeo.gov.auEOWAEmployerofChoiceforWomen.asp (accessed January 2006).
21. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). 2006c. Vision and mission statements. http:www.eowa.gov.auAbout_EOWATheVisionandMission_Statements.asp (accessed January 2006).
22. Fowler, F.J. 1988. Survey research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
23. French, E. 2001. Approaches to equity management and their relationship to women in management. British Journal of Management 12(4): 267-285.
24. Glastra, F., Meerman M., Schedler P., and S. de Vries 2000. Broadening the scope of diversity management: Strategic implication in the case of the Netherlands. Relations Industrielles 55(4): 698-724.
25. Granleese, J. 2004. Occupational pressures in banking: Gender differences. Women in Management Review 19(4): 219-26.
26. Harris, H. 2001. Content analysis of secondary data: A study of courage in managerial decision making. Journal of Business Ethics 34(3/4): 191-8.
27. Jackson, R. 1998. Sex discrimination cases: Big dollars demand senior involvement. Australian CPA 68(9): 51-3.
28. Jenero, K.A., and M.L. Galligano 2003. Courts continue to emphasize importance of policy development and training. Employee Relations Law Journal 28(4): 113-24.
29. Kalev, A., Kelly, E., Dobbin, F. 2006. Best practices or best guesses? Assessing the efficacy of corporate affirmative action and diversity policies. American Sociological Review 71(4): 589-617.
30. Kanter, R.M. 1977. Men and women of the corporation. New York: Basic Books Inc..
31. Kirton, G., and A-M. Greene 2005. The dynamics of managing diversity. 2nd edn. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
32. Konrad, A.M., and F. Linnehan 1995. Formalized HRM structures: Coordinating equal employment opportunity or concealing organisational practices? Academy of Management Journal 18(3): 787-820.
33. Krippendorff, K. 1980. Content analysis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
34. Manning, H. 1990. Award restructuring in the Australian banking industry. Journal of Industrial Relations 32(3): 334-52.
35. Metz, I. 2003. Individual, interpersonal and organisational links to women's advancement in management in banks. Women in Management Review 18(5/6): 236-51.
36. Metz, I., and P. Tharenou 2001. Women's career advancement: The relative contribution of human and social capital. Group & Organization Management 26(3): 312-42.
37. Michaelson, K., Fisher L., Beavan K., and N. Matta 2003. Citigroup diversity program succeeds through top-management involvement and focus on results. Human Resource Management International Digest 11(1): 4-7.
38. Naff, K.C., and J.E. Kellough 2003. Ensuring employment equity: Are federal diversity programs making a difference? International Journal of Public Administration 26(12): 1307-36.
39. Pini, B. 2005. Progress not pipelines: A case study of the need for the strategic management of equity in an Australian agricultural organization. Strategic Change 14: 133-40.
40. Poiner, G., and S. Wills 1991. The gifthorse: A critical look at equal employment opportunity in Australia. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
41. Ronalds, C. 1987. A firmative action and sex discrimination: A handbook of legal rights for women. Sydney: Pluto.
42. Still, L.V. 1993. Where to from here? The managerial woman in transition. Sydney: Business and Professional Publishing.
43. Still, L.V. 1997. Glass ceilings and sticky floors: Barriers to the Careers of women in the Australian finance industry. Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission.
44. Strachan, G., and J. Burgess 1997. Decentralised bargaining and affirmative action for women: Contradictory outcomes in Australia. Paper presented at British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, Bath, 5 July.
45. Strachan, G., and J. Burgess 2000. W(h)ither affirmative action legislation in Australia? Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies 5(2): 46-63.
46. Wajcman, J. 1999. Managing like a man: Women and men in corporate management. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.