A Study of the Promotion to Partner Process in a Professional Services Firm: How Women are Disadvantaged

By Savita Kumra, Susan Vinnicombe. 2008

194 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. Kristen G. Ritchey
2. Paul Smith
3. Peter Caputi
4. Souha R. Ezzedeen
5. Nadia Crittenden

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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2. Paul Smith
3. Peter Caputi
4. Souha R. Ezzedeen
5. Nadia Crittenden

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2. Paul Smith
3. Peter Caputi
4. Souha R. Ezzedeen
5. Nadia Crittenden

Citations in the corpus

• A maze of metaphors around glass ceilings (2012, background): “Studies have shown it is less acceptable for women than men to promote and take credit for their workplace achievements and women can risk censure from colleagues “for fear they may be perceived as unfeminine, pushy, domineering and aggressive” (Kumra and Vinnicombe, 2008, p. S71).”
• Career advancement and family balance strategies of executive women (2009, background): “Women in management: career and family challenges Considerable evidence indicates that men and women experience executive leadership differently such that men's careers tend to be linear while women's are characterized by interruptions and exits (Alimo-Metcalf, 1995; Kumra and Vinnicombe, 2008; Lyne”