This paper reviews and synthesizes emerging multi-disciplinary evidence toward
understanding the development of social and political organization in the Last Glacial …

Julia Gillard became the first female prime minister of Australia in 2010. This paper
examines the various ways in which her success was constructed in the Australian print …

The aim of this article is to unravel the gendered practices in ambition and challenge the
hegemonic masculinity within it. Our findings are based on a qualitative study using focus …

This research aims at revealing how Machiavellianism correlates with the propensity to
engage in unethical behavior. The mediating role of career ambition was thus investigated …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating role of pay in the
relationship between employee ambition and taking charge behavior, and its subsequent …

There are good reasons to expect that greater proportions of women in decision making
bodies shape decision making in important ways that are not fully considered in the current …

Legislative committees are often the epicenter of parliamentary influence, so their
composition matters. Men are widely overrepresented in prestigious, influential committees …

Ambition is often considered to have a dualistic nature, associated with both being a driver
of success and a cause of personal downfalls. However, there is little understanding of what …

This article explores Australian media coverage of Julia Gillard's leadership. It employs a
comparative discourse analysis of the gendered nature of media reporting on her sexism …

Darwinian feminists use an evolutionary framework to examine behaviors that promote
survival and reproductive success. Subsequent power relations between women and men …