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Women's Voices in Management

Identifying Innovative and Responsible Solutions

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Helena Desivilya Syna

    1. Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel

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  2. Carmen-Eugenia Costea

    1. Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Romania

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Gender Effects in Top Management

      • Helena Desivilya Syna, Carmen-Eugenia Costea
      Pages 3-11

  3. Women’s Voices in Academia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Academic Leadership in the Nordic Countries: Patterns of Gender Equality

      • Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Elias Pekkola
      Pages 15-33

    3. Gender Policies in Spanish Universities: From Regulation to Equality Plans

      • Inma Pastor, Paloma Pontón, Ángel Belzunegui, Ana Acosta
      Pages 34-51

    4. Hastening Evolution

      • Aliza Shenhar
      Pages 52-64

    5. In a Different Voice? The Stories of Women Heads of Departments

      • Dalit Yassour-Borochowitz, Helena Desivilya Syna, Michal Palgi
      Pages 65-82

  4. Women’s Positions and Roles in Work Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Mind the Gap! — How Innovation Can Reduce Gender Salary Variations

      • Larisa Mihoreanu, Andrei Angheluta, Aurelian A. Bondrea, Carmen-Eugenia Costea
      Pages 85-104

    3. How Mentoring Can Impact Women’s Use of Voice

      • Lisa Whitehead, Joyce Falkenberg
      Pages 105-123

    4. Are Senior Women Management Consultants Team Players?

      • Ivana Adamson
      Pages 124-139

  5. Women’s Voices in Joint Ventures: Entrepreneurship in Business and in Social Arenas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Women as Owners and Senior Managers of Enterprises in Postcommunist Poland

      • Renata Siemienska
      Pages 143-161

    3. Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling? The United Arab Emirates Case

      • Ivana Adamson
      Pages 162-176

    4. The Role of Women in the Creation of Innovative Tech Start-ups

      • Alessia Pisoni, Simona Bielli
      Pages 177-196

    5. Where Are the Female Entrepreneurs in Spain? The Participation of Women in the Spanish University Spin-offs

      • Inmaculada Pastor, Ana Acosta, Ángel Belzunegui, Paloma Pontón
      Pages 197-215

    6. Women Entrepreneurs in the Rural Periphery of Israel: Comparing Israeli Palestinians and Israeli Jews

      • Sibylle Heilbrunn, Michal Palgi
      Pages 216-235

    7. The Power of Women Business Angels: Breaking the Double Glass Ceiling That Limits Women’s Entrepreneurial Dreams

      • Carme Moreno Gavara, Ana Isabel Jiménez Zarco
      Pages 236-253

    8. Father-Daughter Intergenerational Transition in a Small Family Business: A Temporal Perspective

      • Olimpia Meglio
      Pages 254-271
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Women's Voices in Management examines a wide array of women's voices across different geo-political, social and organizational contexts in management. Extant research provides clear evidence on gendering in organizations throughout all the ranks including top management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel

    Helena Desivilya Syna

  • Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Romania

    Carmen-Eugenia Costea

About the editors

Helena Desivilya Syna is Chair of MA Studies in Organizational Development and Consulting at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel. She conducts research on social conflict, organizational behaviour and diversity management, and has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals, numerous book chapters on these topics and edited with Michal Palgi an e-book on The Paradox In Partnerships: The Role of Conflict in Partnership Building.

Carmen Costea is a professor at Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania, and Chair of Entrepreneurial Education Commission for EUSDR National Consultative Council. She is also Special Ambassador of Romania for the Danube Strategy, Founder of Alternative Sciences Association and Associate Researcher at Romanian Academy, as well as a visiting lecturer and researcher at universities in Mexico, Australia, Taiwan, UK, Italy and France.

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