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Introduction to Special Collection: Women’s agency at work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Janet Sayers ,
Jane Parker ,
Julie Douglas ,
Katherine Ravenswood  and
Rae Cooper
Janet Sayers*
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
Jane Parker
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
Julie Douglas
Affiliation:
AUT University, New Zealand
Katherine Ravenswood
Affiliation:
AUT University, New Zealand
Rae Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Australia
*
Janet Sayers, School of Management, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This article introduces a Special Collection of four articles that highlight responses by working women collectively and individually to forces accelerated by the recent global crises. It draws out common themes from accounts of African women’s responses to harassment at work, of the links between union representation and pay equity in Brazil and South Africa and of Australian women’s quest for flexible and fair work/family arrangements. From these perspectives, the article sets out a five-point research agenda to help empower women’s collective and individual agency in response to working conditions shaped by global economic and social forces.

Keywords

J100Genderindustrial/employment relations policysocial movementsunion organisation
Type
Introduction
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 26 , Issue 3: Special Collection: Women’s Agency at Work , September 2015 , pp. 384 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2015

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