In the face of global economic downturns, an increasing number of women are rising to top management positions. What happened in China seems to resonate with the trend in the West. In China, only one in four have made it to the top management level, with a majority taking the position of chief...

Introducing Women in Management -- Review of Recent studies on Women in Management -- Conceptual framework for Understanding the Position of Women in Management -- Socio-Economic Profile of Respondent-Managers -- Analysis of Determinants of Women Representation in Management -- Current...

Purpose The European Union (EU) has recently adopted gender quotas for corporate boards (CBQ), anticipating ripple effects on women’s careers in the companies concerned, as well as throughout the economy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether CBQ has spurred ripple effects and...