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This comprehensive Handbook presents specially commissioned
original essays on the societal roles and contexts facing women in
business and management, the specific career and work-life issues
of women in these fields, organizational processes affecting women,
and the role of women as leaders in business and management. The
essays shed light on the extant structures and practices of society
and organizations that constrain or facilitate women's
representation, treatment, quality of life, and success. Despite
decades of ongoing inquiry and increasing interest, research on
women in business and management remains a specialized field
without mainstream acceptance within business and management
disciplines. The Handbook presents the current state of knowledge
about women in business and management and specifies the directions
for future research likely to be most constructive for advancing
the representation, treatment, quality of life, and success of
women who work in these fields. It provides the foundations for
improved societal and organizational structures, policies, and
relational practices affecting all in business and management.
Thus, by enhancing the knowledge base that improves the work and
life situations of women, it suggests ways to elevate the societal
and organizational systems for all. The Handbook will be an
essential reference source for recent advances in research and
theory, informing both scholars of organization studies, gender,
diversity, and feminism; human resource specialists; and educators
of and consultants to business organizations and management.
Adopting an international perspective, this book draws on current
research from the United States, Australia and Europe to examine
women's participation, advancement and leadership in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. The book
explores the nature of STEM careers across industry and academia,
and presents the latest thinking on successful individual,
organizational and educational initiatives related to women in
STEM. Along with a select group of international contributors,
Diana Bilimoria and Linley Lord provide a fresh perspective, based
on success stories and successful initiatives, augmenting
contemporary perspectives on the barriers and issues that women in
STEM careers continue to face. Women in STEM Careers is a positive
and insightful outlook on gender relations, which will be an
invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers
in organizations, human resources, academia, and government, as
well as for women aspiring to or presently working in STEM fields.
Contributors: M. Ayre, D. Bilimoria, I.L. Bleijenbergh, D. Bonner,
K. Buse, E.L. Cadwalader, W.H. Chang, C. Figueiredo, M.
Fitzpatrick, N.A. Fouad, J. Gill, J.M. Herbers, C. Herschberg, C.
Holgersson, P. Hoeoek, X. Liang, L. Lord, S. Male, M. Marinelli, J.
Mills, M. Nowak, A.B. Popejoy, R. Singh, L. Stobbe, M. van den
Brink, M.L. van Engen, C.J. Vinkenburg, A. Wahl
This important new book addresses the growing international
interest in women on corporate boards of directors. The
contributors explore the position of women on corporate boards and
future trends in different countries including Australia, Canada,
France, Iceland, Jordan, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Tunisia, the
UK and the USA. They go on to report the latest research on the
experiences and different contributions made by women directors on
corporate boards. Issues discussed include: * How women directors
champion difficult issues and debates * How women influence
boardroom behaviour * The contribution of women directors' human
and social capital * Gendered experiences and the glass cliff * The
glass ceiling or a bottleneck? * Networking to harness local power
for national impact * Women on board in best practice companies *
Whether critical mass makes a difference? * Future directions for
research. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors brings together
the significant international research base with suggestions aimed
at individuals aspiring to board membership, women and men
currently serving on corporate boards, companies interested in
attracting women to their boards, and government bodies wanting to
identify the challenges and opportunities facing them as they
consider various options for increasing women's representation on
corporate boards. This will also be an important book for academics
interested in women directors, women's careers at senior levels in
organizations and workforce diversity.
Women faculty's participation in academic science and engineering
is critical for future US global competitiveness, yet their
underrepresentation particularly in senior positions remains a
widespread problem. To overcome persistent institutional resistance
and barriers to change, the NSF ADVANCE institutional
transformation initiative, instituted in 2001, seeks to increase
the workforce participation of women faculty in academic science
and engineering through systematic institutional transformation.
This book assesses the equity, diversity and inclusion outcomes of
the changes underway at 19 universities. It provides a
comprehensive, stand-alone description of successful approaches to
increase the recruitment, advancement and retention of women
faculty throughout the academic career pipeline. The findings show
that targeted institutional transformation at these 19 U.S.
universities has resulted in significant increases in women
faculty's workforce participation, as well as improved gender
equity and inclusion. Analyses by discipline show that the greatest
changes have occurred within engineering and natural science
disciplines at these universities. Yet the results also point to
the overall continued underrepresentation of women faculty in
academic science and engineering at the nation's research
universities. A framework of organizational change is derived to
serve as a template to academic and other organizations seeking
transformation to enhance gender equity, diversity and inclusion.
Women faculty's participation in academic science and engineering
is critical for future US global competitiveness, yet their
underrepresentation particularly in senior positions remains a
widespread problem. To overcome persistent institutional resistance
and barriers to change, the NSF ADVANCE institutional
transformation initiative, instituted in 2001, seeks to increase
the workforce participation of women faculty in academic science
and engineering through systematic institutional transformation.
This book assesses the equity, diversity and inclusion outcomes of
the changes underway at 19 universities. It provides a
comprehensive, stand-alone description of successful approaches to
increase the recruitment, advancement and retention of women
faculty throughout the academic career pipeline. The findings show
that targeted institutional transformation at these 19 U.S.
universities has resulted in significant increases in women
faculty's workforce participation, as well as improved gender
equity and inclusion. Analyses by discipline show that the greatest
changes have occurred within engineering and natural science
disciplines at these universities. Yet the results also point to
the overall continued underrepresentation of women faculty in
academic science and engineering at the nation's research
universities. A framework of organizational change is derived to
serve as a template to academic and other organizations seeking
transformation to enhance gender equity, diversity and inclusion.
This comprehensive Handbook presents specially commissioned
original essays on the societal roles and contexts facing women in
business and management, the specific career and work-life issues
of women in these fields, organizational processes affecting women,
and the role of women as leaders in business and management. The
essays shed light on the extant structures and practices of society
and organizations that constrain or facilitate women's
representation, treatment, quality of life, and success. Despite
decades of ongoing inquiry and increasing interest, research on
women in business and management remains a specialized field
without mainstream acceptance within business and management
disciplines. The Handbook presents the current state of knowledge
about women in business and management and specifies the directions
for future research likely to be most constructive for advancing
the representation, treatment, quality of life, and success of
women who work in these fields. It provides the foundations for
improved societal and organizational structures, policies, and
relational practices affecting all in business and management.
Thus, by enhancing the knowledge base that improves the work and
life situations of women, it suggests ways to elevate the societal
and organizational systems for all. The Handbook will be an
essential reference source for recent advances in research and
theory, informing both scholars of organization studies, gender,
diversity, and feminism; human resource specialists; and educators
of and consultants to business organizations and management.
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