Women Who Succeed Strangers in Paradise?
The number of women in senior management remains stubbornly low. Women Who Succeed examines the real life experiences of forty-six senior women who have 'made it' into senior management. It considers the strategies that these women adopted, the support th
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Women Who Succeed Strangers in Paradise? Susan Durbin University of the West of England, UK
© Susan Durbin 2016
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-32825-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-58088-0 ISBN 978-1-137-32826-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137328267 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Durbin, Susan, author. Women who succeed : strangers in paradise? / Susan Durbin. pages cm 1. Women executives—Great Britain. 2. Women— Employment—Great Britain. 3. Discrimination in employment—Great Britain. 4. Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)—Great Britain. 5. Success in business—Great Britain. 6. Women—Vocational guidance— Great Britain. I. Title. HD6054.4.G7D87 2015 2015023918 331.481658400941—dc23
This book is dedicated to Betty and Rachel
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Contents
List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction Why a book about senior women? Methods Structure of the book
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2 Strangers in Paradise? Women, Work and Management Introduction What is ‘gender equality’? Exclusion, segregation and ‘choice’: Women’s relationship with paid work Women managers: Common ground or different experiences? How many women does it take? Achieving critical mass: How many is enough? The business case for increasing women’s representation in management Targets or quotas? How best to move the gender equality agenda forward? Chapter summ
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