'This very impressive Handbook takes established research topics about women in management and treats them in fresh and … facing women in business and management, the specific career and work-life issues of women in these fields, organizational … processes affecting women, and the role of women as leaders in business and management. The essays shed light on the extant …

This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in … leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is key. The chief executive of firms with a … female dominant shareholder has a significantly higher probability of being a woman than in other firms. The effect is even …