UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SENIOR GENDER EQUALITY NETWORK AND WOMEN’S STAFF NETWORK PRESENT:
UNCOVERING THE GLASS CLIFF: EXAMINING THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Professor Michelle Ryan, Social and Organisational Psychology, University of Exeter.
This talk will describe a programme of research examining how women and minority groups gain leadership positions that are associated with a greater risk of failure and criticism. In 2005, this research was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement Research Project of the Year and was named by the New York Times as one of the top 100 ideas that shaped 2008.
Date:
Tuesday, 25 June, 2013 - 12:00 to 13:00
Event location:
Darwin Room, The Pitt Building
