Bridging the gender gap : seven principles for achieving gender balance

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Label

Bridging the gender gap : seven principles for achieving gender balance

Title remainder

seven principles for achieving gender balance

Statement of responsibility

Lynn Roseberry and Johan Roos

Creator

• Roseberry, Lynn M

Contributor

• Roos, Johan

Author

• Roseberry, Lynn M
• Roos, Johan

Subject

• Leadership -- managers
• Jämställdhet
• Arbetsmarknad
• Ledarskap -- chefer
• Genus (socialt kön)
• Könsdiskriminering på arbetsmarknaden
• Sex discrimination in employment
• Labour market
• Kvinnliga chefer
• Gender differences -- predjudices
• Könsdiskriminering
• Sex role in the work environment
• Women -- Employment
• Könsolikheter -- fördomar
• Equality
• Sex role in the work environment
• Women employees
• Women -- Employment
• Organisationer
• Women employees
• Sex discrimination in employment

Language

eng

Summary

"Despite decades of efforts to promote gender equality, most leadership positions in business, politics, education, and even NGOs are occupied by men, and most people still work in occupations dominated by one sex. This book argues that gender imbalances in leadership and occupations are not simply a moral issue or an economic issue, but a governance issue. Gender imbalances persist in large part because the very people with the authority and influence to do something about them know very little about gender and how it works in their organizations and in society at large. Gender imbalanced governance is an expression of entrenched ideas about masculinity and femininity that lead to poor decision making. Improving the quality of governance requires action to counteract the main justifications for the status quo. Based on interviews and conversations with leaders and managers in Europe and the United States, the book presents seven of the most common explanations for persistent gender imbalances and shows how they are based on common stereotypes and myths about men's and women's abilities and preferences. This book provides a guided tour of current research about gender from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It challenges commonly held assumptions and offers alternative explanations and corresponding principles to guide individual decisions, action, and behaviour toward achieving gender balance

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

658.30082

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HD6060.6

LC item number

.R67 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography