No Seat at the Table : : How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom /

No Seat at the Table : : How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom / / Douglas M. Branson.

Women are completing MBA and Law degrees in record high numbers, but their struggle to attain director positions in corporate America continues. Although explanations for this disconnect abound, neither career counselors nor scholars have paid enough attention to the role that corporate governance p...

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Branson, Douglas M.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2006]
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Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Critical America ; 26
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • part I. Glass Ceilings, Floors, and Walls
  • 1. Restraints on Advancement
  • 2. Glass Ceilings and Floors
  • 3. Prices of Motherhood
  • 4. In a Different Register
  • 5. Bully Broads, Iron Maidens, Queen Bees, and Ice Queens
  • part II. Climbing the Corporate Ladder
  • 6. Routes to the Top
  • 7. The Road to the Top
  • 8. The 2005 Proxy Data
  • 9. Women and Minorities in Organizations
  • part III. Corporate Governance and the Keeper of the Keys to the Boardroom
  • 10. Corporate Governance in America
  • 11. Women, Culture, and the U.S. Model of Corporate Governance
  • 12. Women in Corporate Governance
  • part IV. Getting a Seat at the Boardroom Table
  • 13. Paradigm Shifts
  • 14. Prescriptions
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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