The challenging role of female decision makers in Maltese trade unionism

Trade Unions are considered as important key‑players within the social dialogue framework. The Challenging Role of Female Decision Makers in Maltese Trade Unionism Ayfer R Aquilina Female Decision-Makers Trade Unionism Organisational Culture Societal Perceptions Over the years, it has become more evident that within this important element of the industrial relations scenario, women have often been left in the shadows and were rarely, if ever, present in the high echelons of the union or organisation. On an international level, Trade Unions have since their inception been a hive of masculinity, and are most regarded and looked upon as male-domain organisations with an embedded litigious nature (Amini et al, 2018; Kirton et al, 1999) On the local front, various literature and research studies bring to the fore that the top seats of the decision-making positions within these organisations are filled by men, even though female membership at the bottom level shows a high presence of female active members. (Debono, 2018; Department of Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER), 2019).peer-reviewe

INCLEAD:Development of an inclusive leadership measurement tool

In this paper, as preview of an ongoing research manuscript, we aim to provide the field with an inclusive leadership operationalization reflecting a consolidated conceptualization of inclusive leadership. We use the consolidated conceptualization of inclusive leadership developed recently based on the existing knowledge in the literature

ITiCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGCSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education: Foreword

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The best way to unblock the pipeline in CS is by getting everyone to code in schools. A debate

Many believe that the push to increase the number of skilled computer scientists must be a multi-pronged approach and be institutionalized at all levels of education. Some federal and local governments are requiring that all students become proficient in technical areas in primary and secondary schooling. Will the call for all schools to teach every student coding be the magic bullet that unblocks the computing pipeline? Is adding another core subject to an already crowded curricula the answer? Are schools ready? It is noted that there is no universal computer science/coding curriculum for teachers to follow, some teachers don't have the skills or the enthusiasm to do this, not all students can think logically so why try to force them? In the words of Einstein "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid"

In their words: Student feedback on an international project collaboration

In this paper, we describe a collaborative course experience between students from universities in the USA and Turkey. Student teams worked together on a software engineering project for a non-profit organization based in Turkey. The students learned valuable skills in team-work, collaboration-facilitating software tools and working with peers from a different culture and a different time-zone. At the end of the course, in a focus group, students were asked for feedback regarding the course and its outcomes. In this paper, we describe the course from the student perspective. From this, and the instructor's experiences we provide a list of guidelines. Copyright 2010 ACM

INCLEAD: Development of an inclusive leadership measurement tool

In this paper, as preview of an ongoing research manuscript, we aim to provide the field with an inclusive leadership operationalization reflecting a consolidated conceptualization of inclusive leadership. We use the consolidated conceptualization of inclusive leadership developed recently based on the existing knowledge in the literature