Women in Management Review: Volume 12 Issue 5

Career progression in accountancy ‐ the role of personal and situational factors

Bob Gammie, Elizabeth Gammie

Examines the personal and situational factors that determine career progression for women in the accountancy profession within the context of the Big Six firms in Scotland from…

Profiling the pioneers: women directors on New Zealand’s corporate boards

Karl Pajo, Judy McGregor, Jacqui Cleland

While the absence of female directors on corporate boards in New Zealand is controversial, little is known about the first wave of women in boardrooms in the private sector. This…

Maintaining the rage: from “glass and concrete ceilings” and metaphorical sex changes to psychological audits and renegotiating organizational scripts ‐ part 1

Nada Korac‐Kakabadse, Alexander Kouzmin

Examines the “glass ceiling”, a putative invisible barrier but one that women experience as a very real impediment when vying for mobility, from a cultural perspective. In the…