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Only very few studies specifically tackled leadership, and in that, these papers mainly focused on how women lead (Topi'c et al., [18]), which has been a focus of scholarly inquiry on women and leadership since pioneering studies into this issue (Aldoory, [3]; Aldoory & Toth, [2]). Leadership and women in public relations is not on the mainstream research agenda. For example, the Plank Center in the United States conducts globally renowned research into leadership in public relations and also collects information on public relations and leadership scholarship. In addition to this, and since the EUPRERA project/network work is not funded by EUPRERA, I would like to thank Leeds Business School for funding my time to work on this special issue and on the EUPRERA project. [Extracted from the article]

This paper explores the lived experiences of women working in journalism in the UK. To do this, 20 interviews were conducted with women who worked in newspapers and magazines from the 1970s to the present day. The research was conceptualised using Bourdieu's concept of habitus and works previously conducted in journalism studies on blokish culture in newsrooms. The purpose of the paper was to further explore blokish culture in newsrooms by looking into expectations of women and the work culture. Thematic analysis was used in analysing findings. The results show that not much has changed in newsroom culture and interviewees who worked in journalism across decades report the same issue with blokish culture and cultural masculinity in work expectations. Besides, results show that women face both direct and indirect sexism and deeply entrenched blokish culture that impedes opportunities for women. Results indicate that the situation in women's magazines, as predominantly female-led environments, is more relaxed and women who work in magazines do not report blokish culture. Finally, abductive analysis of results showed a link between early socialisation and blokishness expressed in newsrooms among women who internalised masculine habitus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses several articles within the issue on topics including a history of the development of dance in Israel; Hora dance; and importance of dance in forming the Hebrew culture.