Browsing by Author "Vinnicombe, Susan"

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  • Understanding practices which foster inclusion: views from the top 
    de Largy, Christine; Anderson, Deirdre; Vinnicombe, Susan (Emerald, 2024-02-26)
    Purpose This study aims to deepen our understanding of how inclusionary practices are used within organizations and how they satisfy specific inclusion needs. Design/methodology/approach We adopt a qualitative research ...
  • What it means to succeed: personal conceptions of career success held by male and female managers at different ages 
    Sturges, Jane (Cranfield University, 1996-12)
    The aim of this research is to investigate how managers define career success for themselves. It seeks to discover what differences there are in the way that women and men, and older and younger managers, see their own ...
  • Why So Few Women Directors in Top UK Boardrooms? Evidence and Theoretical Explanations 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004-10-01)
    Using evidence from a survey of women directors in FTSE 100 companies, this paper considers possible explanations for the persistent homogeneity of top UK boards. Only 61 per cent of the top 100 companies had female ...
  • Women Directors on Top UK Boards 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Johnson, P. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-07-01)
    Research suggests that more diversity in board membership could improve overall performance. This paper considers the business case for increased numbers of female directors, and the lack of female representation on UK ...
  • Women directors on top UK boards 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Johnson, P. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2000-01-01)
    Research suggests that more diversity in board membership could improve overall performance. This paper considers the business case for increased numbers of female directors, and the lack of female representation on UK ...
  • Women in formal corporate networks: an organisational citizenship perspective. 
    Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Kumra, Savita (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006-01-01)
    To investigate women's corporate networks, and the reported benefits for the women and their employers. To gain insight into the motivation for these voluntary activities, by drawing on organisational citizenship theory.
  • Women in international management: an examination of the role of home country selection processes in influencing the number of women in international management positions 
    Harris, Hilary (Cranfield University, 1997-02)
    This thesis is concerned with understanding why women have such low participation rates on international management assignments. It questions the assumption that the main explanation for this phenomenon lies with factors ...
  • Women on Boards: Progress following the 2012 Corporate Governance Code 
    Sealy, Ruth; Turner, Caroline; Pryce, Patricia; Vinnicombe, Susan (2014-10-31)
    This report monitors and recounts progress to date against the Financial Reporting Council's 2012 amendment to the Corporate Governance Code, considering inclusion of diversity reporting within annual reports. From this ...
  • Women partners leaving the firm: Choice, what choice? 
    Anderson, Deirdre A.; Vinnicombe, Susan; Singh, Val (Emerald Group Publishing, 2010-01-01)
    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 ...
  • Women’s leadership development programs: lessons learned and new frontiers 
    Debebe, Gelaye; Anderson, Deirdre A.; Bilimoria, Diana; Vinnicombe, Susan (Sage, 2016-06)
    The quest to develop talent across all workforce segments coupled with the persistent underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in organizations across the globe has led to increasing demand for women’s ...
  • The work motivation of the industrial supervisor. 
    Chapman, A. M. P. (Cranfield University, 1982-02)
    The study examines the effect of role ambiguity as experienced by production supervisors, upon their attitudes to work and investigates the supervisory role with reference to perceptions of managers and supervisors. ...