Gender and Corporate Boards - The Route to a Seat At the Table

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1 - Golden Times for Women on Boards?
Chapter 2 – Gender and Corporate Boards
Chapter 3 - The Ideal Board Member
Chapter 4 – The Art of Networking
Chapter 5 - Leaning In and Sitting Back
Chapter 6 – Gender and the Pathway to the Boardroom
Appendices
Index

About the author

Scarlett Brown is an independent researcher specialising in diversity, corporate governance, and business as a force for good in society.
Elisabeth Kelan is Professor of Leadership and Organisation at Essex Business School, University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Summary

Using a social constructionist understanding of gender and a discourse analysis, Gender and Corporate Boards explores the board appointment process through the experiences of women and men seeking non-executive board roles.

Product details

• Authors: Scarlett Brown, Scarlett (King's College London Brown, Scarlett (King''s College London Brown, Scarlett (King's College London UK) Brown, Scarlett Kelan Brown, KELAN, Elisabeth Kelan, Elisabeth K Kelan, Elisabeth K (Cranfield School of Management Kelan, Elisabeth K (Cranfield School of Management UK) Kelan, Kelan Elisabeth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138652446
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65244-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations; Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, Corporate Governance, Anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, Organizational theory & behaviour, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General