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The Last Male Bastion

Gender and the CEO Suite in America’s Public Companies

Douglas M. Branson (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

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English
Routledge
08 December 2009
"The Last Male Bastion is the first systematic approach to the subject why, proportionaly, so few women occupy seats of power in today's public companies. The book examines (1) a well-defined group (not random); (2) defined by the single most important criteria, success; (3) with success defined in one and only one way, as promotion to CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation. The book examines carefully the careers and experiences of 19 women who actually have ""made it,"" female CEOs who have been (beyond peradventure) successful"

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   690g
ISBN:   9780415872959
ISBN 10:   0415872952
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Table of Contents Preface Part I: PORTRAITS OF WOMEN CEOS. Chapter 1. The Fall of Jill Barad at Mattel Toy. Chapter 2. Carleton Fiorina at Hewlett-Packard. Chapter 3. A CEO Success - Andrea Jung at Avon Products. Chapter 4. Plowhorse - Marion Sandler at Golden West Financial. Chapter 5. Ann Mulcahy at Xerox and Patricia Russo at Alcatel-Lucent - Fix It CEOs. Chapter 6. Go Where They Aren’t - Susan Ivey, Paula Reynolds, and Patricia Woertz. Chapter 7. Two Additional CEO Portraits: Barbara Barnes and Meg Whitman. Chapter 8. Five Who Leave Few Footsteps. Chapter 9. CEO Additions of 2008- 09 . Part II: WHY THERE AREN’T MORE. Chapter 10. Why Women? Chapter 11. How We Choose CEOs. Chapter 12. Glass Ceilings, Floors, Walls and Cliffs. Chapter 13. Work/Life Issues and the Price of Motherhood. Chapter 14. In a Different Register. Chapter 15. Legacies of Tokenism: Retreats into Stereotypes. Part III: HOW TO GET THERE. Chapter 16. Narcissists, Malignant Narcissists, and Productive Narcissists. Chapter 17. Good to Great Companies and Plowhorse CEOs. Chapter 18. The Plowhorse Versus the Showhorse. Chapter 19. Education, Mentoring, and Networking. Chapter 20. Lessons Learned. Chapter 21. Conclusion: Evolving a New Paradigm for a New Century.

Douglas M. Branson received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Northwestern University. He earned an LL.M. from the University of Virginia, specializing in corporate law and securities regulation. Before joining the faculty at Pittsburgh, Professor Branson taught at Seattle University. He has been a visiting professor at a number of schools, including the University of Alabama as Charles Tweedy Distinguished Visiting Professor, the University of Hong Kong as Paul Hastings Distinguished Visiting Professor, the University of Washington (Seattle) as Condon-Faulknor Distinguished Professor, Cornell University, Arizona State University, Washington University (St. Louis), and universities in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Belgium, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, South Africa, and England. He holds a permanent faculty appointment as Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in its Masters of Law Program.

Reviews for The Last Male Bastion: Gender and the CEO Suite in America’s Public Companies

Meticulously researched, thoroughly documented, and highly readable, this volume is a valuable contribution to the literature. Highly recommended. - M.S. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University, CHOICE (August 2010)


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