Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers

Edited by Susan Vinnicombe OBE, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and Professor, Simmons University, US, the late Ronald J. Burke, formerly Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, Stacy Blake-Beard, Professor, Simmons School of Management and Senior Faculty Affiliate, Center for Gender and Organizations, Simmons College, US and Lynda L. Moore, Professor, Simmons School of Management and Faculty Affiliate, Center for Gender and Organizations, Simmons College US

• Contents:Introduction: Advancing Women’s Careers: A Key Business IssueRonald J. Burke and Susan VinnicombePART I: SETTING THE SCENE1. Gender Ratios in Organizations: Managerial and Cross-Cultural IssuesHetty van Emmerik and Merel M.S. Kats2. The Continuing Challenge of Incorporating Race and Ethnicity into Research on Women’s Management CareersStella M. Nkomo3. Sprinters, Marathoners and Relay Runners: Profiles of Women’s Career Development Over TimeDeborah A. O’Neil, Margaret M. Hopkins and Diana Bilimoria4. Stop Fixing Women, Start Building Management CompetenciesAvivah Wittenberg-CoxPART II: CHALLENGES FACING CAREER WOMEN5. Theoretical Advances in the Study of Sexual HarassmentMargaret S. Stockdale, Seth A. Berry, Joel T. Nadler, Dawn M. Ohse and Gargi Bhattacharya6. Gender Stereotypes and their Implications for Women’s Career ProgressSuzette Caleo and Madeline E. Heilman7. Women’s Occupational Motivation: The Impact of Being a Woman in a Man’s WorldKim Peters, Michelle K. Ryan and S. Alexander Haslam8. Women’s Impact on Women’s Careers in Management: Queen Bees, Female Misogyny, Negative Intra-relations and Solidarity BehavioursSharon Mavin and Jannine Williams9. Organizational Politics: The Missing Link to Women’s Progression into Managerial RolesElena Doldor10. Glass Networks: How Networks Shape the Careers of Women Directors on Corporate BoardsRosanne Hawarden11. Beyond Bias and Barriers: A Biopsychosocial Lens for Understanding Gender Communication in OrganizationsSusan S. Case and Angela J. Oetama-Paul12. Prejudice Against Women Leaders: Sex of VoiceFiona SheridanPART III: WOMEN IN SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONAL SECTORS AND ROLES13. Women in Professional Services FirmsCamilla Quental14. Gender Differences in the Academic Work Experiences of Faculty at Early, Middle and Late Career StagesDiana Bilimoria, Xiangfen Liang, Shani D. Carter and Jeffrey M. Turell15. Where are the Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fields?Wendy M. Williams, Susan M. Barnett and Rachel Sumner16. Breakthrough for Women on UK BoardsRuth Sealy17. Women Professionals in the Software Services Sector in IndiaVasanthi Srinivasan and Amit Gupta18. A Gendered Analysis of International Career Development: Progress, Pitfalls and ProspectsSavita KumraPART IV: SUPPORTING WOMEN’S CAREER DEVELOPMENT19. Advancing Women: A Focus on Strategic InitiativesJulie S. Nugent, Sarah Dinolfo and Katherine Giscombe20. Women’s Leadership Programmes are Still ImportantSusan Vinnicombe, Lynda L. Moore and Deirdre Anderson21. The Effect of Race and Migration on the Managerial Advancement of WomenCharmine E.J. Härtel, Nasreen Sultana and Günter F. Härtel22. Factors Supporting Women’s Career Advancement: Differences between Male and Female CEOs in the United StatesAlix Valenti and Stephen V. Horner23. Best Practice Case StudiesLesley Brook and Jacey Graham 24. E-Coaching as a Technique for Developing the Workforce and EntrepreneursCarianne M. Hunt and Sandra L. FieldenIndex

’This is the best single volume I have read that places lack of advancement of women in businesses into context, discusses the continuing challenges facing career women, examines several specific sectors and finishes up with good ideas on how to support the development of women.'