Yes / This article investigates the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic staff in NHS disciplinary proceedings. The study involved an in-depth knowledge review and analysis of literature on the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic staff in NHS disciplinary proceedings from 2008 to 2017, as well as semi-structured interviews with 15 key stakeholders. Participants were stakeholders from both primary and secondary care and included equality and diversity leads, human resource professionals, NHS service managers, representatives of trade unions and health professional regulatory council representatives. The knowledge review indicates that to date, black, Asian and minority ethnic staff are disproportionately represented in NHS disciplinary proceedings. Evidence gathered demonstrates the continuation of inappropriate individual disciplinary action and failure to address organisational shortcomings against black, Asian and minority ethnic members of staff. Overall, six factors were identified as underpinning the disproportionate representation of black minority ethnic staff in disciplinaries: closed culture and climate; subjective attitudes and behaviour; inconclusive disciplinary data; unfair decision making; poor disciplinary support; and disciplinary policy misapplication.

Yes / An in-depth knowledge review and analysis of literature on the involvement of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff in NHS disciplinary proceedings from 2008 to 2017 as did 15 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. The research findings indicate that BME staff are disproportionately represented in NHS disciplinary proceedings, there is a continuation of inappropriate individual disciplinary action and a failure to address organisational shortcomings. Six factors emerged: closed culture and climate; subjective attitudes and behaviour; inconclusive disciplinary data; unfair decision making; poor disciplinary support and disciplinary policy mis-application were all identified as underpinning the disproportionate representation of BME staff in disciplinary procedures. Disciplinary policy needs streamlining and greater clarity needs to be achieved regarding the difference between disciplinary, capability and performance issues and to this respect we make several recommendations.

Cette étude a pour but de s’interroger sur l’existence d’un plafond de verre dans les entreprises en France et en Turquie, et ensuite de réaliser une analyse comparée des résultats.Cette thèse souligne les enjeux du plafond de verre dans une entreprise internationale en France et en Turquie en tenant compte de la critique des théories très diffusées (=dominantes) de la ségrégation des sexes dans le travail, sur le marché du travail et dans l’organisation. Selon l’approche de Marc Maurice et Col, les concepts sont utilisés pour expliquer les problèmes de représentation dans le travail, sur le marché du travail et dans l’organisation.Le champ d’étude de ce projet a été mené auprès d’hommes et de femmes cadres travaillant dans une entreprise électrique dans les deux pays. Deux principaux types de données ont été collectés : premièrement, les données récoltées au travers d’entretiens et complétées par des notes de terrain ; et deuxièmement les données provenant de matériaux facilement disponibles tels que des recherches internationales, nationales et organisationnelles, ainsi que les publications des entreprises. Dans notre première recherche exploratoire, nous avons mené des entretiens auprès de 20 femmes cadres dans 12 entreprises internationales dans les deux pays. L’objectif était d’identifier notre question de recherche. Ensuite, nous avons choisi une entreprise dans laquelle nous avons mené notre principal terrain d’enquête. Dans cette entreprise, l’enquête turque était constituée de 15 entretiens enregistrés avec des femmes cadres qui avaient des positions de management élevées. Pour l’enquête française, 15 entretiens enregistrés ont été menés.L’analyse des résultats révèle certaines différentes culturelles en matière de normes de genre, de sentiment d’appartement et d’altérité au sein les stratégies genrées de fermeture professionnelle et les approches organisationnelles pour souligner les enjeux de l’égalité de sexe. En effet, nous souhaitons étudier le fameux phénomène du « Plafond de verre » dans l’organisation en France et en Turquie. Le choix de ces deux pays est justifié par le désir d’étudier deux modèles distincts (européen et non-européen) qui s’insèrent dans deux systèmes législatifs différents. De plus, les deux pays ont des similarités malgré des différences telles que la culture, l’économie du pays, et leurs histoires. Cependant, malgré ces différences, le personnel travaillant dans une entreprise internationale était conscient des obstacles communs basés sur le genre, dans les deux pays.De plus, la situation économique dans le pays peut aussi influencer les managers pour faire évoluer la hiérarchie dans l’entreprise. Cela indique que le modèle produit dans un pays donné ne peut pas automatiquement s’appliquer dans un autre contexte institutionnel et culturel sans prise en compte des différences contextuelles (perceptions éthiques et ses fondements, religion, situation macroéconomique, etc.). / For the purposes of the comparative study, we will address in turn France and Turkey, issues of equality women/men in workforce, policies shelved by the government and companies and the paradigm shift that is taking place and that tries to control retention of women workers. Then we devote a large part in this chapter to explaining our research problem. After clarification of the various issues involved, we will unveil our research question and the specific issues that we intend to develop. We proceed by following a review of the literature on the research that exists on the issue of women’s management practices and continued employment of women. Finally, we conclude this section with the reasons for the relevance of our contribution in this field of research.Firstly, we explain the place of women in heart of the country with historical background of women and we give a definition of the workforce of women in each country and we mention the famous glass ceiling phenomenon. In this chapter, we give many figures and we note that despite our efforts to ensure that the comparison between France and Turkey is as rigorous as possible, we have not always been able to provide similar figures for both countries, since the calculation methods (including projections) are not the same. However, we have tried to demonstrate based on available data the impact of the glass ceiling effect in both cases studied. The main objective of this thesis is to draw attention to the barriers facing female executive directors, even after they have been promoted to middle and top level. These barriers appear to constitute a ‘second glass ceiling’ at the highest levels within large French and Turkish companies. The increasing number of women in the labor force particularly those of childbearing age, has been accompanied by increasing needs for childcare, flexible working arrangements and greater demands for equality in the workplace. This study particularly focused on the glass ceiling issues and the main career obstacles for female top managers/executives in Turkey and France. Prior to collecting the required data, a review was carried out in both countries, the current availability, and attitudinal studies related to the ‘glass ceiling’. A comparative descriptive analysis was conducted to show differences in career barriers for women and policies between countries. The first field study of this project generated 20 semi-structured interviews with 12 main questions concerning their career background and the glass ceiling syndrome with staff from 12 international companies in France and in Turkey. Interviews lasted for approximately one hour and were conducted in France and Turkey. Turkish and French women, despite the geographical, historical, and cultural ditferences between their countries, share a common position as a disadvantaged group in employment. The feminist movements in both countries engage in different debates and activities to promote change towards equality. The statistical indicators of employment and pay by sex, legislative provision and the sociological studies of equality of opportunity in employment in both countries suggest that there is still many opportunities for progress towards equality.

Gender equality and diversity (Ge&D) perspectives in the transport sector have been neglected within scientific research and policymaking processes for a significant time. Gender is somewhat considered, meanwhile diversity is seldom taken into account. According to researchers, the problem with the Ge&D gap is that the implementation phase is lacking, i.e., to go from policy to action. For this reason, a tool called GaDAP has been newly developed to help with strategic and systematic implementation of both Ge&D perspectives. With this background, this thesis aims to test, analyze, and evaluate the potential of how the GaDAP-tool can affect the development of systematic implementation of Ge&D perspectives. This is conducted as a case study in Västerås municipality where qualitative methods such as workshops and semi-structured interviews have been used. The theoretical framework consists of implementation theory, as well as gender and diversity mainstreaming. It is highlighted in the findings, analysis, and discussions that implementation of Ge&D perspectives are challenging within the transport field. Challenges such as knowledge gaps, lack of local political directives, and institutional barriers, negatively affect a systematic implementation. Although, some potential and possibilities were seen. First, the participants show a willingness to implement Ge&D perspectives. Secondly, the GaDAP-tool proved to be helpful to increase knowledge of the subject. Conclusions that are made show that the GaDAP-tool could push systematic Ge&D implementation, however, only to a certain extent. There are still several challenges to deal with before reaching a planning process with systematically implemented Ge&D perspectives.