'This very impressive Handbook takes established research topics about women in management and treats them in fresh and … stimulate high quality research on women's experiences in work organizations. I recommend it highly.' - Jean M. Bartunek, Boston … facing women in business and management, the specific career and work-life issues of women in these fields, organizational …

Research questions: Which factors explain the career success of women engineers in leadership positions? Methods: This … study conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with women engineers in Germany who hold leadership positions in … industry. The interview questions focused on these women's career paths into leadership positions, along with any conducive or …

be taking up leadership positions later and thus it is the right time to address the issue of women leadership and … encourage and support women to take up leadership roles. The study reveals that most of the women leaders are facing various … stress, lack of self confidence and less career advancement are faced by women leaders in their leadership position. All of …

corporate and political leaders. This chapter discusses the current status and recent progress of women in leadership positions …Despite decades of progress relative to men in work and schooling, women remain severely under-represented among top …, with a focus on the realm of corporate leadership. The effects of different public policy interventions aimed at increasing …

This study examines how the election of a top female political leader affects the representation of women within … top female political leader can increase the representation of women in higher-level positions in organizations, leading … to a gender diversity–inducing effect. On the other hand, it can also generate a disproportionate outflow of women from …

The perception of women's statutory place within organizations has been influenced by gender bias, which has led to … result in designing better, less biased, more merit-based structures and provide women with better career opportunities …. Countries and organizations promoting gender equality practices prove that women's inclusion in the labor market can be 'cost …