Women in Management Review: Volume 18 Issue 7

Women on corporate boards of directors: the timing is right

Ronald J. Burke

Corporate governance and the role and functions of boards of directors have emerged as critical topics for organizations and the broader society in which they exist. As there…

The 2002 female FTSE index and women directors

Val Singh, Susan Vinnicombe

The stagnation in the position of female directorships in the UK’s FTSE 100 companies appears to be very slowly changing. After a review of previous research on women directors…

A longitudinal study of women directors in Australia

Zena Burgess, Barry Fallon

Using social identity theory as a framework, the present study empirically tests the idea that women can maintain positions on corporate boards over a number of years through…

Girl power: double jeopardy or diversity in action behind boardroom doors in New Zealand?

Judy McGregor

A dramatic acceleration in “girl power” predicted for the boardrooms of major New Zealand business is examined against the notion that age is a traditional demographic variable…

The experience of women corporate inside directors on the boards of Fortune 1,000 firms

Deborah Dahlen Zelechowski, Diana Bilimoria

Inside directors are executives who hold the dual roles of officers of the firm and corporate board members. Six women inside directors from Fortune 1,000 corporations were…

Organizational Behaviour and Gender (2nd edition)

Su Olsson