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Towards Gender-Balanced Leadership: What has not Worked and What May?

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  • Claire Schaffnit Chatterjee

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The paper analyzes the the dynamics of gender balance in the corporate world. It examines the present scenario of leadership in this sector and the reasons of lack of female leaders.

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  • Claire Schaffnit Chatterjee, 2010. "Towards Gender-Balanced Leadership: What has not Worked and What May?," Working Papers id:3241, eSocialSciences.
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    1. Elke Holst & Anita Wiemer, 2010. "Frauen sind in Spitzengremien der Wirtschaft unterrepräsentiert," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 90(10), pages 692-699, October.
    2. Joseph Price, 2008. "Gender Differences in the Response to Competition," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 61(3), pages 320-333, April.
    3. Elisabeth Kelan, 2009. "Performing Gender at Work," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-0-230-24449-8, October.
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