Sexual Harassment
The hotel industry is fraught with sexual harassment, according to a recent study. Considering the human costs, managers must replace their focus on lawsuits with one of preventing occurrences
Women Hospitality Managers: Perceptions of Gender-Related Career Challenges. Judi Brownell. FIU Hospitality Review, vol. 11, no. 2, Fall 1993, pp. 19-32. Florida International University, North Miami, FL 33181. $10 annual subscription
In spite of increases in the number of women who are both academically prepared and interested in pursuing hospitality management careers, women appear to be leaving the industry at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. Although women are better represented in lower and middle management than ever before, there has been no corresponding increase in the number of women in top level management positions. The author explores women managers' perceptions of the career-related challenges they confront in hospitality environments and suggests that inadequate access to informal information networks, lack of women mentors, and the impact of unique job characteristics are their most significant concerns. This article is available in Hospitality Review: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol11/iss2/3 Women Hospitality Managers: Perceptions of Gender-Related Career Challenges
Ceramic microwave antennas for mobile applications
Due to their medium to high permittivity values, ceramic microwave materials are attractive as building blocks for miniaturised antenna solutions. Further advantages are low dielectric losses and an excellent temperature stability of standard ceramic materials. Yet, the permittivity of the ceramic material also has a strong influence on the radiation efficiency and bandwidth of the antenna. This implies that in the design process a suitable compromise has to be found between the degree of miniaturisation on the one hand and the antenna efficiency and bandwidth on the other. We describe two approaches towards efficient miniaturised ceramic microwave antennas: the dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with partial metallisation and the shorting post patch antenna. We focus on design steps taken to ensure both a high degree of miniaturisation and high values of the radiation efficiency, the choice of the ceramic material and the experimental performance of the antennas.