Women in Management

Quote of the Day: from Krystyna Hoeg

" Women of influence? Are there any other kind?"

The professional literature in the field of business is changing to reflect the ever-increasing number of women in business, management and trades. The rate of women-led businesses is also growing. The following suggestions are a starting point if you are interested in these subjects:

October 2009 - Two New Studies

The Economic Impact of Women-Owned Businesses In the United States report conducted by the Center for Women's Business Research and underwritten by :
Walmart
National Women’s Business Council
Center for Women’s Business Research

To coincide with the 2009 Women's Conference, First Lady of California Maria Shriver in coordination with the Center for American Progress released the Shriver Report to examine the impact of women emerging as primary household breadwinners. "A Woman's Nation Changes Everything'''

Selected Journal Articles:

Useful information can be found in the Library's electronic databases. For example, the following
articles were found in the Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) database using the search terms "women and business" or "women and entrepreneurs".

Other relevant databases includes Proquest Global. To locate articles pertaining to this topic, use the following subject search terms: su(management) and su(women).

Some prominent journals which deal with women's workplace issues include Gender in Management; Women in Management Review; Strategic Direction; Journal of Managerial Psychology. Some of these titles are available through ProQuest but others are available in other formats. Click on each title in order to view access.

• New mentorship program aimed at female entrepreneurs Vancouver Sun June 5, 2010

• Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm Financial Performance
  Kevin Campbell, Antonio Mínguez-Vera. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Dec 2008. Vol. 83, Iss. 3; p. 435 (17 pages)
• Female Presence on Corporate Boards: A Multi-Country Study of Environmental Context
  Siri Terjesen, Val Singh. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Nov 2008. Vol. 83, Iss. 1; p. 55 (9 pages)
• Gender stereotypical attitudes; Past, present and future influences on women's career advancement
  Glenice Wood. Equal Opportunities International. Patrington: 2008. Vol. 27, Iss. 7; p. 613
• Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance and Top Management
  Claude Francoeur, Réal Labelle, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Aug 2008. Vol. 81, Iss. 1; p. 83 (13 pages)
• Women's Careers at the Start of the 21st Century: Patterns and Paradoxes
  Deborah A O'Neil, Margaret M Hopkins, Diana Bilimoria. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Jul 2008. Vol. 80, Iss. 4; p. 727 (17 pages)
• The Corporate Boardroom: Still a Male Club
  Lissa Lamkin Broome. Journal of Corporation Law. Iowa City: 2008. Vol. 33, Iss. 3; p. 665 (16 pages)
• The world needs women leaders; It is not the glass ceiling that prevents women from achieving senior leadership roles
  Strategic Direction. Bradford: 2008. Vol. 24, Iss. 3; p. 27
• Are Men Always Picked Over Women? The Effects of Employment Equity Directives on Selection Decisions
  Eddy S Ng, Willi H Wiesner. Journal of Business Ethics. Dordrecht: Dec 2007. Vol. 76, Iss. 2; p. 177 (11 pages)
• The relationship between gender and aspirations to senior management
  Barrie Litzky, Jeffrey Greenhaus. Career Development International. Bradford: 2007. Vol. 12, Iss. 7; p. 637
• Gender differences within 360-degree managerial performance appraisals
  Mike Millmore, David Biggs, Laura Morse. Women in Management Review. 2007. Vol. 22, Iss. 7; p. 536
• Gender pay gap widens; [LONDON 1ST EDITION]
  JOHN WILLMAN. Financial Times. London (UK): Sep 5, 2007. p. 4
• Twenty years later: explaining the persistence of the glass ceiling for women leaders
  Birgit Weyer. Women in Management Review. 2007. Vol. 22, Iss. 6; p. 482
• Gender's Unspoken Role in Leadership Evaluations
  Denise Lyons, Connie McArthur. HR. Human Resource Planning. New York: 2007. Vol. 30, Iss. 3; p. 24 (9 pages)
• POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND MARITAL STATUS TRENDS: PREDICTING THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
  Jehad Yasin, Marilyn M Helms. Journal of Organizational Culture, Communication and Conflict. Cullowhee: 2007. Vol. 11, Iss. 2; p. 37 (15 pages)

• Clearing the hurdles: women building high-growth businesses Choice. Feb 2005. Vol. 42, Iss. 6; p. 1066
• Female CEOs struggle in '04 ; But over two years, they're topping firms led by men; USA TODAY. Jan 4, 2005
• Team building in small businesses owned by women Team Performance Management. 2005. Vol. 11, Iss. 1/2; p. 12 (15 pages)
• Climbing the Corporate Ladder in Scuffed Heels Today's Woman. Jan 2005. Vol. 15, Iss. 1; p. 61
• What is wrong with current approaches to management development in relation to women in management roles?
• Women in Management Review. 2005. Vol. 20, Iss. 1/2; p. 107
• Women to Watch (A Special Report); The Owners Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2004. p. R.8
• Women to Watch (A Special Report); Through The Glass Ceiling: How these 50 women got where they are -- and why they bear watching
• Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2004. p. R.1
• Women to Watch (A Special Report); Running the Show
• Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2004. p. R.3
• The 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business Fortune Oct. 13, 2003
• "New Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs in the Technology Sector" CanadExport
  v. 16(3) F 16'98 pg 8.
• Lee, Myung-Soo & Rogoff, Edward, G. "Do Women Entrepreneurs Require Special Training?
  An Empirical Comparison of Men and Women Entrepreneurs in the United States"
  Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship v.14(1) Fall'97 pg 4-29.
• McKeen, Carol. "Accounting for Yin-Yang: Gender Issues are Becoming a Problem in
  China's Business World, Where the Majority of CGAs are Women" CGA Magazine
  v. 32 (2) F'98 pg 18-24.
  

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From: Women of Color in Corporate Management: A Statistical Picture BUSSTK HD6054.4.U6W685 1998

Selected Current Books:

The following titles are available in the Business Library. To find more information, try searching the Library
Catalogue (OPAC) using the following suggested subject headings:

Businesswomen
Businesswomen -- Canada
Self-employed women
Women-owned business enterprises
Women executives
Women exectuitives -- Canada

New e-books 2010

Thomson, Peninah. A woman's place is in the boardroom : the roadmap [electronic resource]

Vinnicombe, Susan. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice [electronic resource]

Keveles,Melanie R. Scrappy startups : how 15 ordinary women turned their unique ideas into profitable businesses [electronic resource]

2009 additions

Outstanding in Their Field: how women corporate directors succeed. Ghaffari, Elizabeth.  HD6054.3.G43 2009  Gayle Edlund Wilson, Andrea L. Rich, Linnet Frazier Deily, Linda Grieco, Sally K. Richardson, Alice Bourke Hayes, Mary S, Metz, Leslie Meyers Frecon, Donna Frame Tuttle, Ann Coleman, Judith Estrin, Lucille S. Salhany, Janet Morrison Clarke, Judith M. Runstad, Kathleen A. Cote.

Seducing the boys club : uncensored tactics from a woman at the top. Nina DiSesa. HD6054.3.D57 2008

Making It: Women Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Secrets of Success. Lou Gimson HD6072.5.G56 2008

2008 additions

Women at the Top Diane Halpern and Fanny Cheung HD4904.25.H354 2008

Tales from the glass ceiling : a survival guide for women in business Jo Haigh HD6053.H35 2008

Making It : Women Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Secrets Of Success Lou Gimson And Allison Mitchell HG6054.3.G56 2008

Women Entrepreneurship And Social Capital : A Dialogue And Construction Iiris Aaltio, Paula Kyrö And Elisabeth Sundin, Editors HD6053.W6295 2008

Seducing The Boys Club : Uncensored Tactics From A Woman At The Top Nina DiSesa HD6054.3.D57 2008

Women and Leadership Creating Opportunities for Advancement. [electronic resource] : : Online

Closing the leadership gap : why women can and must help run the world Marie C. Wilson. : Brescia, DBW HD57.7.W544 2007

The perspective of women's entrepreneurship in the age of globalization edited by Mirjana Radovic Markovic HD6072.5.P47 2007

How she does it : how women entrepreneurs are changing the rules of business success Margaret Heffernan Brescia,
HD6053.H37 2007

Female entrepreneurship : implications for education, traini edited by Nancy M. Carter et al
HD6072.5.F46 2007

How to succeed in business without a penis : secrets .. by Karen Salmansohn. Brescia HF5386.S315 2006

Growth oriented women entrepreneurs and their businesses edited by Candida G. Brush DBW HD6053.G765 2006

International handbook of women and small business entrepreneurship edited by Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson  King's 3746857

Encyclopedia of American Women in Business HD6054.4.U6K753 2005
(2 volume set)
With this brief note from CHOICE:
"Krismann's work consists of 426 well-written entries, including biographies for 327 American businesswomen and entries that describe issues and concerns--e.g., business travel, child care, and the old boys network--that women face. Each entry supplies a bibliography, and there are helpful see references throughout. Besides a comprehensive index and bibliography, the set includes a chronology of important events in American history, with a particular focus on American businesswomen, 1607 to the present. Six appropriate appendixes identify "Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business, 1998-2003," "Working Woman's Top Thirty Woman Business Owners, 1997-2001," "Businesswomen by Ethnic/Cultural Heritage," "Businesswomen by Historical Period," "Businesswomen by Profession," and "Women in Junior Achievement's Global Business Hall of Fame." The chronology and appendixes strengthen the usefulness of the publication"

A to Z of American Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs HD6054.4.U6S5 2002

Women In the Lead. HD6054.4.C2W66 2002

Birley, Sue and MacMillan, Ian C (editors). Entrepreneurship in a Global Context. HD62.4.E575 1997

Burke, Ronald J. (ed.) Women on corporate boards of directors : international challenges and opportunities. HD6054.3.W67 2000

Catalyst.Women in U.S. corporate leadership, 2003. HD6054.4.U6W6845 2003

Catalyst. Catalyst's report to Women in Capital Markets : women and men in Canadian investment dealers and U.S. financial services : a comparison of their job attitudes and work experiences. HD6054.4.C2C383 2002

Catalyst. Creating successful mentoring programs : a Catalyst guide HF5385.C74 2002

Catalyst. Catalyst's report to Women in Capital Markets : women in Canadian investment dealers : growing the pipeline. HD6054.4.C2C38 2001

Catalyst. Women in Corporate Leadership: Progress and Prospects.
HD6054.4.U6W678 1996

Catalyst. Women of Color in Management: A Statistical Picture
HD6054.4.U6W685 1998

Gay, Katherine. In the Company of Women: Canadian Women Talk about What it Takes to Start and Manage a Successful Business.  HD6072.6.C2G38 1997

Griffith, Paulette Gerkovich. Closing the Gap: Women's Advancement in Corporate and Professional Canada. HD6054.4.C2G75 1997

Herera, Sue. Women of the Street: Making It On Wall Street - the World's Toughest Business.
HG4621.H47 1997

Higgenbotham, Elizabeth and Romero, Mary (editors). Women and Work: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class.  HD6050.W558 V. 6 1997

Huff, Priscilla Y. 101 Best Small Businesses for Women. HD6072.5.H84 1997

Inman, Katherine. Women's resources in business start-up : a study of Black and white women entrepreneurs. HD6054.4.U6I55 2000

Johnson, Tom D. (Ed.). National Directory of Women-Owned Business Firms. HD2346.U5N28 1999

Kwolek-Folland, Angel. Incorporating women : a history of women and business in the United States.
HD6095.K85 1998

Lambing, Peggy A. Entrepreneurship.  HB615.L265 1997

Moore, Dorothy P. Women Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling.
HD6072.5.M66 1997

O'Brien, Virginia. Success on You Own Terms: Tales of Extraordinary, Ordinary Business Women. HD6095.O27 1998

Pestrak,Debra. Playing with the big boys : success secrets of the most powerful women in business HD6054.3.P47 2001

Read, Lauren. The Financing of Small Business: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Business Owners.  HG4027.7.R397 1998

Reynolds, Paul D. The Entrepreneurial Process: Economic Growth, Men, Women, and Miniorities.
HD62.5.R49 1997

Robertson, Heather. Taking Care of Business: Stories of Canadian Women Entrepreneurs.
HD6072.6.C2T34 1997

Rue, Wendy. The Dollar Bill Knows No Sex: Lessons in Life and Money.
HD6072.5.R84 1997

Wells, Sandra J. Women Entrepreneurs: Developing Leadership for Success.
HD2344.5.U6W45 1998

Those interested in this subject should begin by looking at two good annotated bibliographies which cover the literature for the period ranging from 1970 to 1986:

Leavitt, Judith A. Women in Management: An Annotated Bibliography and Sourcelist.
Z7963.E7L43 1982

Leavitt, Judith A. Women in Administration and Management: An Information Sourcebook.
Z7963.E7L43 1988

Note: The code, DBW, refers to books available at The D. B. Weldon Library

Adler, Nanacy & Dafna N. Izraeli (editors). Competitive Frontiers: Women Managers in a Global Economy. HD6054.3.C67 1994

Adler, Nancy J. Women in Management Worldwide.  HD6054.3.W66 1988

Billing, Yvonne Due. Gender, Managers, and Organizations. DBW stack HD6054.3.B55 1994

Burrow, Martha G. Developing Women Managers: What Needs To Be Done?
HF5500.2.B857

Carr-Ruffino, Norma. The Promotable Woman: Advancing Through Leadership Skills.
HD6054.3.C37 1993

Cava, Roberta. Escaping the Pink Collar Ghetto: How Women Can Advance in Business.
DBW stack HD6054.3.C38 1988

Collins, Nancy. Professional Women and Their Mentors: A Practical Guide To Mentoring For The Woman Who Wants To Get Ahead. HD6054.C64 1983

Colwill, Nina. The New Partnership: Women and Men in Organizations.
HD6060.C64 1982

Cooper, Cary L. Stress and the Woman Manager. HF5500.2.D38 1983

Davidson, Marilyn. Reach For the Top: A Woman's Guide To Success in Business and Management. HD6054.3.D38 1985

Davidson, Marilyn. Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The Woman Manager.
DBW stack HD6054.3.D383 1992

Directory of Women Entrepreneurs.  HD6072.6.U5D57

Driscoll, Dawn-Marie. Members of the Club: The Coming of Age of Executive Women.
HD6054.4.U6D75 1993

Eisler, Riane, et.al. When the Canary Stops Singing: Women's Perspectives on Transforming Business. HD6054.W48 1993

Fagenson, Ellen A. (editor). Women in Management: Trends, Issues, and Challenges in Managerial Diversity. HD6054.3.W6587 1993

Fillman, M.D. Women MBAs: A Foot in the Door. DBW stack HD6054.4.U6F54 1987

Frank, Harold H. Women in the Organization. HF5500.3.U54F7

Gallese, Liz Roman. Women Like Us: What Is Happening To the Women of the Harvard Business School, Class of '75? HF1134.H4G35

Goffee, Robert. Women in Charge: The Experiences of Female Entrepreneurs.
HD2346.G7G63

Harrison, Elizabeth A. Sex Differences in Managerial Aspirations and Managerial Potential Among Undergraduate Physical Education Students. DBW stack ovrsize AS42.L8H3187

Harrison, Patricia. America's New Women Entrepreneurs: Tips, Tactics and Techniques of Women Achievers in Business. HF5386.A56 1986

Haslett, Beth. The Organizational Woman: Power and Paradox. HD6054.H37 1992

Higginson, A.V. The Ambitious Woman's Guide To A Successful Career.
HF5500.2.H49 1980

Highman, Edith L. The Organization Woman: Building A Career - An Inside Report.
HD6054.3.H54 1985

Ilich, John. Successful Negotiating Skills For Women.  BF637.N4I46

Jacobs, Jerry. Professional Women at Work: Interactions, Tacit Understandings, and the Non-Trivial Nature of Trivia in Bureaucratic Settings.  HD6054.2.U6J33 1994

Jennings, Diane. Self-Made Women: Twelve of America's Leading Entrepreneurs Talk About Success, Self-Image and the Superwoman.  HD6054.3.J46 1987

Jessup, Claudia. The Woman's Guide To Starting A Business. HD69.N3J47.

Jewell, Donald. Women and Management: An Expanding Role.  HF5500.3.U54W64

Kandall, V. Women Directors: A Directory of the Leading Businesswomen of the U.K.
DBW reference HD6054.4.G7K36 1987

Larwood, L. Women's Career Development.. DBW stack HD6095.W698 1987

Leslie, M. New Businesses Women Can Start and Successfully Operate.
HF5356.L46

Litton, Moneca. Women Mean Business: Successful Strategies For Starting Your Own Business. HD62.5.L58 1987

Loden, M. Feminine Leadership: How to Suceed in Business Without Being One of The Boys. HD6054.3.Z63 1985

Markel, Ruth. Room At the Top: A Woman's Guide To Moving Up in Business.
HF5386.M362 1985

Missiriam, Agnes. The Corporate Connection: Why Executive Women Need Mentors To Reach the Top. DBW stack HF5500.2.M515

Morrison, A. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America's Largest Corporations?  HD6054.4.U6M67 1987

Rogers, Henry. Roger's Rules For Businesswomen: How To Start a Career and Move Up the Ladder.HF5386.R54448 1988

Rossman, Marlene L. The International Businesswoman of the 1990s: A Guide to Success in the Global Marketplace.  HD6054.3.R67 1990

Schwartz, Eleanor. The Sex Barrier in Businesses. HD6095.S36

Tanton, Morgan (editor). Women in Management: A Developing Presence.
HD6054.3.W64 1994

Tewari, Harish. Understanding Personality and Motives of Women Managers.
HF5500.2.T48 1980

Zuckerman, Laurie. On Your Own: A Woman's Guide to Building a Business.
HD62.5.Z83 1990

News

From Ivey:

Sept 2010

Glass ceilings, sticky floors, and mid-level bottlenecks. Ivey's Alison Konrad finds women & visible minorities less likely to be promoted than white men

May 2008
Ivey launches ReConnect™: Canada’s first leadership renewal program for professional women returning to work

March 2008
Gender-Role Attitudes Affect Married Women’s Income

April 2007
TD Gift Aims to Attract More Women to Pursue Business Careers
$1 million gift to Richard Ivey School of Business will be used to fund MBA scholarships for women

November 2006
New Study Finds Three Women on a Board Can Have Profound Impact on Governance

Corus Entertainment has announced a $2 million donation to Ivey to fund the Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management. Heather Shaw, Executive Chair of Corus Entertainment (link) made the announcement at Ivey and introduced the first recipient of the Chair, Dr. Alison Konrad, who joins Ivey from Temple University on July 1. The Chair is designed to promote the development of innovative teaching materials, research and outreach programs. Also in attendance at the announcement were Diane Cunningham, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities; Dean Larry Tapp; Western President Paul Davenport and many members of the Ivey community.

View entire Press Releaseof April 25, 2003 Corus' Web site can be found at www.corusentertainment.com