Abstract: In all contemporary industrialized societies, women remain underrepresented in boardrooms and governments. While the gender gap has narrowed, women still face substantialchallenges climbing the corporate and political ladder. A male bias in the highest leadership positions is universal. In most past and contemporary societies, formal positions of political leadership have been, and continue to be, almost exclusively occupied by men. If women are currently no longer formally prohibited from holding positions of leadership and entrepreneurship, they remain less numerous or less powerful than their male counterparts. Women are less likely to reach the highest echelons in politics, business, science, and religion—and this is hard to justify, given that no consistent evidence exists of their being worse or better leaders by virtue of their gender. An attempt to explain the gender gap in leadership and entrepreneurship includes the consideration of gender stereotypes, prejudice, institutio

• Publication Date: 05-Aug-2023
• DOI: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-196-2-02
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Abstract: This paper focuses on the resilience of social workers. It aims to highlight strategies for increasing resilience in social workers in their daily practice to enable them to cope with the pressures of their demanding role. The current turbulent times, particularly in relation to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and working with war refugees from Ukraine, are testament to this demanding nature. Resilience itself is defined as a concept that refers to the dynamic multilevel process of adaptation and achieving the desired level of well-being of a social worker despite experiencing distinct difficulties in managing their professional role. Within this conception, resilience is not seen as a static personality characteristic, but as a concept that has a changing, situational character over time.

• Publication Date: 05-Aug-2023
• DOI: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-196-2-03
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