Abstract
For many years the province of gender scholars and equity policy regulators in the public sector interest in the lack of proportional representation of women on corporate boards and in senior leadership in developed economies has recently found its way into mainstream management and organizational discourse. In Australia significant contributors to raising the profile of this discourse include board chairs and CEOs (usually male), leading corporate regulators and the media. Drawing on our own empirical research in this paper we revisit the notion of critical mass theory and the ‘body counting’ tradition as the benchmark against which to judge the achievement of gender equity in the senior ranks of organizations. We explore a number of more nuanced ways in which organizations might seek to demonstrate the fulfilment of this agenda.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | BAM 2011 conference proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | building and sustaining high performance organisations in a challenging environment |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | British Academcy of Management (BAM) |
Pages | 1-5 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780954960834 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | British Academy of Management Conference - Birmingham, UK Duration: 13 Jan 2011 → 15 Jan 2011 |
Conference
Conference | British Academy of Management Conference |
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City | Birmingham, UK |
Period | 13/01/11 → 15/01/11 |