No seat at the table : how corporate governance and law keep women out of the boardroom

IX, 239 S.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index

Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c 2007

pt. 1. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls. -- Restraints on advancement -- Glass ceilings and floors: the court cases -- Prices of motherhood: stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out -- In a different register: women in the governance model -- Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and ice queens -- pt. 2. Climbing the corporate ladder: myths and realities. -- Routes to the top: the advice -- The road to the top: the evidence -- The 2005 proxy data -- Women and minorities in organizations: the legacy of tokenism -- pt. 3. Corporate governance and the keeper of the keys to the boardroom. -- Corporate governance in America -- Women, culture, and the U.S. model of corporate governance -- Women in corporate governance: the numbers versus the expectations -- pt. 4. Getting a seat at the boardroom table. -- Paradigm shifts: a tale of three women -- Prescriptions