Above the glass ceiling: Australian women in corporate leadership 1910-2020

Funding: 2022: $146,194
2023: $106,194
2024: $106,194
2022: $146,194
2023: $106,194
2024: $106,194

Project Member(s): Wright, C., Klettner, A.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC DECRA Scheme)
Australian Research Council (ARC DECRA Scheme)

Start year: 2022

Summary: This project aims to expand our understanding of business history by undertaking the first comprehensive history of women in corporate leadership in Australia across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. An interdisciplinary approach and multi-method design aims to expand national and international knowledge on the ways women have accessed, operated in and influenced corporations since Federation. Expected outcomes include deeper knowledge about women’s participation in corporate leadership in Australia, their pathways to leadership positions, and their long-term impact on corporation strategy and decision-making. This will help design more effective strategies to improve the success of women in leadership now and in the future.

Publications:

Wright, C, Cortese, C, Ali, S & Al Mamun, A 1970, 'The Whiteboard: Decoupling of Diversity Reporting and Practice in Corporate Australia', Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management.
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FOR Codes: Business and labour history , Australian history , Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology, Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services, Social class and inequalities

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.