@inbook{9b6451d352a34b75847d9d1b7380d8c0,
title = "Women's representation on the boards of UK listed companies",
abstract = "In the mid-1980s, the phrase {\textquoteleft}the glass ceiling{\textquoteright} was coined to refer to {\textquoteleft}an invisible but impermeable barrier that limited the career advancement of women{\textquoteright} (Burke and Vinnicombe, 2005: 165).In the UK some advancement has clearly been made sine then, with a greater number of women having entered the workplace and moved into management and the professions. At the same time, familiar patterns persist.Inequalities linked to pay, occupation and seniority continue, and women remain under-represented in the very upper echelons of work organizations – which are still dominated by an elite group of white men.",
keywords = "chief executive officer, executive board, corporate board, London Stock Exchange, vertical segregation",
author = "Nina Teasdale and Colette Fagan and Claire Shepherd",
year = "2011",
month = aug,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1057/9780230307735_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780230293441",
series = " Work and Welfare in Europe",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "128--149",
editor = "Fagan, {Colette } and {Gonzalez Menendez}, Maria and {Gomez Anson}, Silvia",
booktitle = "Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management",
}