Gender Equality from a Modern Perspective: Moving Beyond Diversity

Explores the disparity between genders in terms of the labor market and career advancement, child-rearing practices, education, financial literacy, work-life balance, pay gaps, economic development, etc. It focuses on the gender gap from a modern perspective and brings to readers the current status of this societal issue.

Tanusree Chakraborty, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Rajalakshmi School of Business in India. With many years of work academic experience, Dr. Chakraborty has been associated with several reputable business schools and universities in India. She is presently working with Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, in organizational behavior/human resource management. She is a former research fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research and has many publications to her credit. She has presented research papers at several conferences and is an empaneled corporate trainer with training consultancies and government productivity councils. She has conducted over 150 corporate training programs in the areas of behavioral science and HR and psychometrics. She has been an active member in clubs and committees of the institutes she has worked for. She has been editor of journals and newsletters and a reviewer for many journals. She is currently working on multiple edited books with reputed publishers.

Nandita Mishra, PhD, has more than 25 years of teaching experience in education and research in managerial economics and economic environment for business, business ethics and corporate governance, corporate grooming, and general management. She is currently Professor and Director at Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India. She spearheads academic administration, industry institute collaboration, and management development programs. She has been the resource person and program director for more than 50 management development programs and has trained senior-level and middle-level managers and faculty in various programs in behavioral science, managerial effectiveness, corporate social responsibility, etc. She is a certified trainer in CSR from the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. She is an active researcher in management, with her main research interest areas being leadership, organizational behavior dynamics, consumer behavior, and economic environment of business. She is a nominated member of the Higher Education Council of the Women Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI), whose main goal is to engage and encourage higher education institutions in research, training, and entrepreneurship development.

Ashok Natarajan, PhD, is Professor and Program Head at the Rajalakshmi School of Business, India. He has over 15 years of experience in the academic arena in addition to more than five years of experience as a practicing manager, both in the USA and India. In addition, he has been a consultant on several business valuation projects. His area of specialization is accounting and finance, and he has published several research papers in top accounting and finance journals. His current research interests include accounting conservatism, business valuation, earnings management, and industrial organization. In addition, he works in the areas of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (and the role of accounting and finance in these two areas) and corporate strategy. His teaching portfolio includes several courses in accounting, finance, corporate strategy, and allied areas. Dr. Natarajan has won numerous awards for his teaching and has been recognized for his service and mentoring roles.

Bipasha Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Adamas University, Kolkata, India. Currently she is pursuing her PhD at the Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta, India. She has teaching and research experience of seven years to date. Her areas of interest are work-life balance, stress at work, and communication in organizations. She is currently working as a co-editor for two books, has chaired scientific sessions at national conferences, and has also delivered invited lectures. She has published four research papers, out of which two are in Scopus indexed journals, and she has presented five research papers in national and international conferences/seminars. She is also the author of three chapters in a book on industrial psychology and social psychology for undergraduate students. Her postgraduate dissertation was published as a book by Lambert Academic Publishing in 2014. She is a life member of the Indian School Psychology Association (InSPA).