Women on Corporate Boards of Directors

Edited by Susan Vinnicombe OBE, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and Professor, Simmons University, US, Val Singh, former Reader in Corporate Diversity Management, Deputy Director, International Centre for Women Leaders, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, the late Ronald J. Burke, formerly Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, Diana Bilimoria, KeyBank Professor and Professor and Chair of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, US and Morten Huse, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

• Contents:Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Issues and OpportunitiesRonald J. Burke and Susan VinnicombePART I: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES1. Women Board Directors in the United States: An Eleven Year RetrospectiveLois Joy2. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Canadian PerspectiveRonald J. Burke and Richard Leblanc3. The Pipeline to the Board Finally Opens: Women’s Progress on FTSE 100 Boards in the UKRuth Sealy, Susan Vinnicombe and Val Singh4. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The French PerspectiveMairi Maclean and Charles Harvey5. New Zealand Women Directors: Many Aspire but Few SucceedRosanne Hawarden and Ralph E. Stablein6. ‘Glacial at Best’: Women’s Progress on Corporate Boards in AustraliaAnne Ross-Smith and Jane Bridge7. The Quota Story: Five Years of Change in NorwayMarit Hoel8. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Icelandic PerspectiveThoranna Jónsdóttir9. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors in Spanish Listed CompaniesCelia de Anca10. Contrasting Positions of Women Directors in Jordan and TunisiaVal SinghPART II: RESEARCH THEMES11. Championing the Discussion of Tough Issues: How Women Corporate Directors Contribute to Board DeliberationsNancy McInerney-Lacombe, Diana Bilimoria and Paul F. Salipante12. Women Directors and the ‘Black Box’ of Board BehaviorMorten Huse13. Do Women Still Lack the ‘Right’ Kind of Human Capital for Directorships on the FTSE 100 Corporate Boards?Siri Terjesen, Val Singh and Susan Vinnicombe14. Examining Gendered Experiences Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Precariousness of the Glass Cliff and the Absence of Rewards Michelle K. Ryan, Clara Kulich, S. Alexander Haslam, Mette D. Hersby and Catherine Atkins15. On the Progress of Corporate Women: Less a Glass Ceiling than a Bottleneck?Dan R. Dalton and Catherine M. Dalton16. ION: Organizational Networking to Harness Local Power for National ImpactSusan M. Adams, Patricia M. Flynn and Toni G. Wolfman17. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Best Practice CompaniesHeather Foust-Cummings18. Critical Mass: Does the Number of Women on a Corporate Board Make a Difference?Sumru Erkut, Vicki W. Kramer and Alison M. KonradDirections for Future Research on Women on Corporate Boards of DirectorsDiana BilimoriaIndex

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