Dear Listserv members,
Posted on behalf of Priyanka Dwivedi (Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University)
Kind regards
Sanjee
Sanjee Perera
AoM GDO Listserv Manager
Research Fellow
School of Management, University of South Australia Business School
Dear All: we would very much like to have you join us!
Showcase symposium
Breaking into the Upper Echelons:
How Women Get There, Succeed, and Pave the Way for Others
Monday, Aug 4 2014 8:00AM - 9:30AM at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Independence B
Women are advancing into the upper echelons in organizations at a growing rate. While the barriers to women's advancement at the highest levels in organizations have long been the mainstay of organizational scholarship, the recent upward trends in the representation of women in the TMT call for a more nuanced understanding of factors that predict the ascendance and success of women in leadership roles. More research effort is required to understand not just the barriers to advancement, but also the factors that contribute to the success of women who make it to the upper echelons of large corporations: in terms of how they get there, what they do while they're there, and how their being at the top paves the way for the successful ascent of future women. Therefore, the proposed symposium unites scholars from varied research traditions including strategy, gender and diversity, and organizational sociology, with the aim at reframing the dialogue on gender diversity in the upper echelons by shedding light on women's transition into CEO roles, their success in the executive roles, and the impact of women's leadership on the mentoring and development of future female/minority leaders. More specifically, the set of papers presented in this symposium offer a multi-stage (pre-entry/post-entry) and multi- stakeholder perspective on the phenomenon of gender diversity in the upper echelons and provide a unique vantage point through which we can look beyond the barriers to women's advancement highlighted by past research and instead shed light on what happens before, during, and after the succession of women top executives. Thus, the presentations in this symposium provide a unique '360° view of the top' for female executives that helps answer fundamental questions about the process through which women actually get to the upper echelons, what they do and how they perform when they reach the top, and finally, what implications this has for future generations of female/minority executives?
A Comparative Analysis of Male and Female CEO Succession Events
Presenter: Priyanka Dwivedi; Pennsylvania State U.;
Presenter: Aparna Joshi; Pennsylvania State U.;
Presenter: Vilmos F. Misangyi; Pennsylvania State U.;
Playing the Gender Card: The Strategic Portrayal of Female Leadership
Presenter: Christine Shropshire; U. of Georgia;
Presenter: Abbie Oliver; U. of Georgia;
Ruminating at the Top: Exploring the Effects of Gender Bias on Strategic Choice
Presenter: Jennifer Miner Knippen; U. of Virginia;
Women on Boards and Firm Performance: The Effects of Critical Mass
Presenter: Ting Yao; U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
Presenter: Diana Bilimoria; Case Western Reserve U.;
White Male Top Managers' Responses to the Appointment of a Racial Minority/Female CEO at Their ...
Presenter: Michael McDonald; The U. of Texas at San Antonio ;
Presenter: James Westphal; U. of Michigan;
Presenter: Gareth D Keeves; U. of Michigan;
Organizers: Priyanka Dwivedi, Aparna Joshi, and Vilmos F. Misangyi; Pennsylvania State U.
Priyanka Dwivedi
Department of Management & Organization
Smeal College of Business
Pennsylvania State University