Networking: Women's Key to Success

Paul, Nancy

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“…The existence of a mentor makes the path of struggle easier for every person. The significance of networking and mentorship has been recognised in many research studies, such as; Paul (1985); Burke and McKeen (1990) ;Shilton, et al (1996); Netzley (1998); Fawcett and Pringle (2000); Sheridan (2002) and Monserrat, et al (2009). The access to the position on the board of a company basically depends on the kind of networking and mentoring opportunities available to the women employees in the organisation.…”

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Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

Kang

Payal

2012

Indian Journal of Corporate Governance

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The paper aims to comprehend the research work carried out about women directors to identify and highlight various issues, such as; status of women directors, factors hindering the growth of women directors, benefits of having women directors, strategies to promote women participation and directions for future research. The paper clears that the representation of women on the corporate boards across the globe is very low. Role perception, male dominance and stereotypes, proportion of women in management positions, mentoring and networking opportunities, nature of industries, size of the organization and board and a range of other factors determine the participation of women on the corporate boards. Awareness for social philanthropy, less incidences of sexual harassment, motivating women employees and improved corporate performance are the different benefits an organization can drive from having more women at the corporate boards.The primary purpose of this review paper is to comprehend the research work carried out about women directors, in order to identify and highlight the various issues associated with women directors and suggesting areas for future research. Burke (1993) reviewed the writings and research that pertained specifically to women on corporate boards. He stated that research on corporate boards, in general, has been limited and studies that consider women directors have been few. He examined characteristics of women directors and change in those characteristics; how women directors were being selected; reasons among women for joining or refusing to join and serve on boards; reasons for having few/more women on boards; do women on board make a difference and future research directions. Since then many more studies have been conducted which have probed various women director related issues, such as; the status of women directors on the boards, reasons for less representation of women on corporate boards, benefits of having women on corporate boards and effects of higher representation of women on the corporate philanthropy. The present review of research literature focuses on status of women on corporate boards, factors affecting the advancement of women on corporate boards and benefits derived from having women on corporate boards.

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Section: Mentoring and Networking Opportunitiesmentioning

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Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

Kang

Payal

2012

Indian Journal of Corporate Governance

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“…Much of the earlier mentoring occurred when an experienced person took someone "under their wing" (O'Keefe, 1991) and helped them progress in the organization. Similarly, there is advice to ambitious people to seek out one or more mentors who will be able to facilitate their progress (Paul, 1985;Segerman-Peck, 1991). What seems to be important is the opportunity for learning, which may start by a formalized scheme, or may even require a degree of formality to kick start its operation.…”

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“…Van Velsor and Hughes (1990) argue that women need mentoring help to enable them to identify which gender appropriate behaviours and attitudes to assimilate. For this reason Paul (1985) recommended that a woman should have many mentors, and Hetherington and Barcelo (1985) named the concept "womentoring". Moore (1982) argues that colleges ought to regard the mentor as having the role of talent scout, as mentoring can develop academic leaders.…”

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Mentoring in further and higher education: learning from the literature

Woodd¹

1997

Education + Training

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Concentrates on the mentoring support for teachers in further education (FE) and higher education (HE), rather than the mentoring of students following qualification programmes. Raises issues of definition and argues the need for peer mentoring. Evaluates mentoring models and explores issues of role modelling, selection, styles, skills and qualities. Covers literature from the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe and spans the period 1793-1996, starting with a British Library reference called "The Female Mentor" and including the recent upsurge in mentoring interest across business and the professions.

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Barriers to Women's Promotion in F.E.

Wild¹

1994

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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Networking: Women's Key to Success

Abstract: This is a guide to networking; how to establish new groups and increase the creativity of those already in existence.

Cited by 5 publications

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Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

Mentoring in further and higher education: learning from the literature

Barriers to Women's Promotion in F.E.

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