Examining strategic antecedents of the appointment of women to top management teams

Robert L. Bonner; Steven J. Hyde; Kristen Faile

doi:10.1108/EDI-09-2021-0245

Examining strategic antecedents of the appointment of women to top management teams

Robert L. Bonner, Steven J. Hyde, Kristen Faile

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the organizational and environmental antecedents to the appointment of a woman to a non-CEO top management team (TMT) position. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a conditional fixed effects logistic regression model to analyze non-CEO TMT appointment data collected from the S&P 500 between 2008 and 2016. Findings: Women were more likely to be appointed to non-CEO TMT positions when a firm was undergoing strategic change, had slack resources, and was in a less munificent environment. Originality/value: This article contributes to the literature concerning the antecedents of the selection of women to executive leadership (e.g. the glass cliff) roles by examining organizational and environmental contexts at the non-CEO TMT unit of analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	266-284
Number of pages	19
Journal	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-09-2021-0245
State	Published - 21 Mar 2023

Keywords

Gender in leadership
Glass cliff
Leadership
Top management teams
Women in leadership

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