Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how directors’ roles and social identities are shaped by gender and board life stage, using pre- and post-crisis Iceland as the setting. Recent theoretical work suggests the importance of directors’ monitoring and resource provision roles...

Summary This paper investigates the human capital profile of new appointees to corporate boards, exploring gender differences in education, profile and career experiences. Findings from a study of UK boards reveal that women are significantly more likely to bring international diversity to their...

Role models are often identified as important for aspiring managers as they seekinsights into how to develop themselves in their careers. There are, however,still few female role models at the top of companies. This project explores howyoung careerminded women use role models. It draws on...

A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and firm levels, in single country studies. In this study, we explore the environmental context of female representation on corporate boards of directors, using data from forty-three...

This paper is based on the experiences of 31 women who have recently leftpartner roles within an international management consultancy firm. The purposeof this paper is to explore discursively their perceptions of choice withintheir decisions to leave. Design/methodology/approach - Data were...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how UK black professionals construct and negotiate ethnic/gender identities at work. Design/methodology/approach – Separate semi‐structured focus groups for three females and four males are used. Findings – Ethnicity, gender and their...

Purpose – This paper is based on the experiences of 31 women who have recently left partner roles within an international management consultancy firm. The purpose of this paper is to explore discursively their perceptions of choice within their decisions to leave. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report an interview study with 12 directors in a major international telecommunications company, to identify the career paths which they took to reach board level in their organisation. Design/methodology/approach – The aim was to ascertain whether...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how an environmental threat (possible quotas for female supervisory directors) might change supervisory board gender composition in SBF120 French company boards between 2008 and 2010. Design/methodology/approach – From a census of supervisory...