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Feminist Perspectives in Business Studies delves into the challenges faced by women in entrepreneurship and management positions. Bringing together an array of leading scholars from across the globe, the book uses a feminist lens to examine the structural barriers and societal norms that disadvantage women.
Looking beyond traditional gender norms, the book explores how gender impacts leadership roles across various governance models and countries. Through in-depth research and analysis, the contributions shed light on the disparities in representation and opportunities for women in top-echelon positions. Expert authors engage in theoretical discussion and present empirical evidence, providing valuable insights into women's leadership experiences in different contexts. The book also proposes strategies to overcome challenges faced by women and foster gender diversity in the upper echelons of business worldwide.
This timely book serves as a fundamental resource for scholars, researchers and students of business and management, feminist studies, corporate governance, entrepreneurship studies, gender studies and strategic management. Business professionals and policymakers will also benefit from the book's practical and theoretical insights.
Contents
Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction to Feminist Perspectives in Business Studies 1
Mariasole Bannò and Giorgia Maria D'Allura
PART I Making visible the invisible: Taking stock and moving forward
1 Feminist perspectives in business studies: A conceptual
framework 14
Mariasole Bannò and Giorgia Maria D'Allura
2 A feminist perspective in entrepreneurship: Breaking barriers 40
Lara Bertola
3 Social Identity Theory and diversity management: A
socio-psychological approach to inter-gender dynamics in
organizations 57
Filippo Ferrari
4 Taking stock of research on gender issues in business: An
institutional perspective 74
Francesca Costanza, Anna Minà and Sergio Paternostro
PART II A multilevel analysis to disentangle the feminist
perspective in business
5 Breaking barriers: Assessing Agenda 2030's impact on
women entrepreneurship studies 123
Giorgia Maria D'Allura and Michela Floris
6 The unfulfilled promise of feminist research in
entrepreneurship studies 146
Chiara Leggerini
7 Unveiling gender disparities in male-dominated industries:
An intersectional perspective 169
Michela Floris, Roberta Pinna and Eleonora Veglianti
8 Women leaders in family firms: Are they breaking the glassceiling and redefining their golden cage? 195
Elisa Conti and Andrea Calabrò
9 Female "bright side": The effect of women in management
and on the board on corporate performance in Europe 215
Francesco Fasano, Maurizio La Rocca and Neha Neha
10 The implications of female directors for risk-taking in Italian
high-tech boards 230
Nuria Reguera-Alvarado, Sara Saggese, Fabrizia Sarto and
Gianluca Veronesi
11 Does female executives' involvement in corruption affect firm
value? European evidence 256
Elvira Tiziana La Rocca, Neha Neha and Francisco Javier
Sánchez-Vidal
12 Opening the black box of gender in family business advising 272
Cristina Alvarado-Alvarez, Katrin Riisla, Patricia Elgoibar
and Martin Euwema
13 Gender workforce diversity for resilience: The multinational
enterprises' institutional work 287
Cristina Leone, Pasquale Massimo Picone and Arabella
Mocciaro Li Destri
14 Gender equality strategies in the steel sector: An innovative
perspective on the chances and challenges of the female
workforce in production 314
Laura Tolettini and Eleonora Di Maria
15 Women managers of co-operative shops in Poland during the
communist period 331
Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska, Anna Góral and Sylwia Wrona
16 Board diversity as a resilience determinant for small and
medium enterprises: An empirical investigation of the Italian
food and beverage industry 351
Rodolfo Damiano
PART III Breaking barriers: Women's public policy
17 European regulatory approaches to increase women in the
upper echelon: A retrospective 371
Letizia Lo Preiato and Mariasole Bannò
18 Unveiling gender equality: Assessing the impact of board
gender diversity approaches in European countries 389
Emilia Filippi and Tommaso Fornasari
19 Socio-cognitive factors hindering women's careers: An
evolutionary psychological perspective 410
Filippo Ferrari
20 Beyond the feminist approach: Feminine capital and women's
sustainable employability towards a framework of care
without sacrifice 426
Valentina Erasmo, Lucia Marchegiani Rizzolli, Giorgia
Nigri, Diletta Pasqualotto and Anna Laura Siracusa
21 More than having a seat at the table: From bringing women
into the boardroom to making their voice heard 443
Sara De Masi, Alessandro Zattoni and Agnieszka
Słomka-Gołębiowska
