Researching the Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Supply Chain

In this editorial, we call attention to the underresearched issue of women in logistics and supply chain management. Despite growing interest in the field and the much recognized gap in talent, women remain underrepresented in the field—and particularly in the senior ranks. We explore some of the reasons offered in existing literature for this deficiency. While progress is noted, much work remains to be carried out. Rigorous research can be instrumental in illuminating the path forward. Possible avenues for research, including an array of research questions, are presented in this call for action.     

Microfinance Intervention in Poverty Reduction: A Study of Women Farmer-Entrepreneurs in Rural Ghana

This paper examines microfinance intervention in rural poverty reduction in Ghana by surveying 100 rural women farmer-entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that microfinance interventions that emphasize both credit provision and social intermediation improve access to credit, improve business performance, and contribute to a higher standard of living for female farmer-entrepreneurs and their families. The results show that the microfinance scheme has been successful due to a strong social network and group relationships among the farmers. An implication of the study is that poverty reduction programs in developing countries need to emphasize social and human development components in microfinancing policies.     

Examining the child’s impacts on single mothers’ leisure

With the majority of research on the experiences of single mothers focusing on motherhood as an inhibiting constraint to leisure, it is important to examine the ways in which motherhood might also enable the obtainment of a satisfactory leisure lifestyle. Our study employed a Foucauldian approach to understand constraints to leisure, in that we view constraints as always both inhibiting and enabling action. The purpose of this study was to explore three single mothers’ leisure experiences prior to and since becoming single mothers to identify the ways in which their child(ren) enables leisure practices as opposed to merely constraining them. The participants presented evidence of how their child(ren) altered both their priorities and their leisure preferences by providing them with opportunities to broaden their leisure experiences. Our research findings challenge dominant discourses that suggest that children can act only to inhibit leisure.     

中国社会的变迁与女子竞技体育运动发展的关系

翻阅历史文化资料,从这些内容与其对应的各个历史时期的社会政治、经济、思想意识等各方面的具体情况来看,我们可以了解到：我国女子体育文化的兴衰流变与当时的政治背景、社会背景有着密切关系。本文从社会学角度、女性角度论述我国社会的变迁与我国女子竞技体育运动之间的关系,指出女子竞技体育运动的发展,最终取决于当时的社会生产力、经济发展水平。本文采用文献资料法、逻辑分析法等研究方法对我国女子竞技体育的发展与社会变迁关系进行综述。     

Perspectives on Leisure of LDS Women Who Are Stay-at-Home Mothers

The purpose of this study was to explore the meanings of leisure for women who belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lived in Utah, and were stay-at-home mothers. Particular attention was given to the religious, cultural, and role-determined forces that shaped their lives and leisure. A phenomenological approach was used. Thirteen women were identified through a criteria-based snowball sampling technique. Emerging theory indicated that cultural beliefs and values can contribute to feelings of entitlement to leisure because of the support for leisure and life roles given by one's faith, family, and community.     

他者启蒙下的成功女商人——《茶道青红》主人公戴夫人形象分析

成一新作《茶道青红》的女主人公戴夫人从小受民主进步家风的浸润,在康家祖业危难之际,受贤能掌柜之力举代夫主事,率领全家,励精图治、力挽狂澜,充分发挥了其经商理政才华,实现了其自我意识和个体价值,彰显了启蒙力量的强大。解读戴夫人形象对于我们当下女性的启蒙之探究也许有抛砖引玉之意义。     

Gender-based Barriers to Senior Management Positions: Understanding the Scarcity of Female CEOs

Although the number of women in middle management has grown quite rapidly in the last two decades, the number of female CEOs in large corporations remains extremely low. This article examines many explanations for why women have not risen to the top, including lack of line experience, inadequate career opportunities, gender differences in linguistic styles and socialization, gender-based stereotypes, the old boy network at the top, and tokenism. Alternative explanations are also presented and analyzed, such as differences between female leadership styles and the type of leadership style expected at the top of organizations, feminist explanations for the underrepresentation of women in top management positions, and the possibility that the most talented women in business often avoid corporate life in favor of entrepreneurial careers.     

Sex‐role conflict at work: its impact on consumption practices of working women in Turkey

Changing social norms regarding the role of women in society is fostered by women's participation in the workforce. Hence, changing role of working women in business life leads the transformation of gender stereotypes and roles. Women alter their gender role orientation according to the requirements of male‐dominated business life; however, the unchanged role in private life leads to sex‐role conflict. This study investigates the role of consumption as a key component of identity in the process of managing sex‐role conflict in a non‐Western cultural context. In‐depth interviews were conducted with working women with various cultural and educational backgrounds. According to the findings of the study, women are forming compatible identities, which reduce the perceived sex‐role conflict and consumption patterns are changing to suit the requirements of their new ways of living.     

世俗环境中的痛楚阴影与美丽光芒——影片万箭穿心的女性主义阐释

方方《万箭穿心》围绕普通女工李宝莉的婚姻悲剧，道尽了其处于生活中的种种痛苦。作者以冷峻的笔调揭露了现代女性生存之痛的内在原因，同时也反思女性在婚姻家庭生活中如何保持自我价值和尊严。     

中小企业女职工权益保障困境分析

女工权益保障水平受企业内在收益预期、内部制约与政府监管三方面影响，目前女工权益保障水平较低主要源于相关制度设计缺陷。因此，政府应鼓励企业职工成立“民间”工会组织，构建企业女工权益保障补偿机制，以期妥善解决有关问题。