Executive Overview How do women become identified in early career as promotable, viable
candidates for senior management positions? To answer that question, fifty-fire high-profile …

In light of today's leadership shortage, companies face challenges in trying to identify and
develop new leaders to fill the key roles left vacant by baby-boomer retirements. This feat …

Women Executives: Breaking Down Barriers? Page 1 Women Executives: Breaking Down
Barriers? J. Benjamin Forbes, James E. Piercy, and Thomas L. Hayes J. Benjamin Forbes is a …

During the past two decades, dramatic increases in the numbers of women entering the
workforce and pursuing professional and managerial careers have had a major impact on …

Persistent and prickly cultural, organizational, and leadership issues still limit women's
representation at the top levels of US corporations, and the resulting brain drain does not …

Barriers which hinder career advancement of women are complex and varied. They have
become top agenda items for most corporations and the gov-ernment. The" glass ceiling" is …

Purpose–This collection seeks to examine the various challenges women face in advancing
their careers. Design/methodology/approach–In the mid‐1980s, the phrase “glass ceiling” …

Women leaders contribute positively to organizations yet remain significantly
underrepresented in corporate leadership positions. While the challenges women face are …

Why the careers of ambitious men and women often take such different turns comes down to
an alchemy of early professional trade-offs, work-life constraints and entrenched attitudes …

Despite penetrating the middle management ranks of many US businesses, women
continue to lag far behind men in their appointments to top leadership positions. Many …