pt. 1. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls.
Restraints on advancement
Glass ceilings and floors: the court cases
Prices of motherhood: stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out
In a different register: women in the governance model
Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and ice queens
pt. 2. Climbing the corporate ladder: myths and realities.
Routes to the top: the advice
The road to the top: the evidence
The 2005 proxy data
Women and minorities in organizations: the legacy of tokenism
pt. 3. Corporate governance and the keeper of the keys to the boardroom.
Corporate governance in America
Women, culture, and the U.S. model of corporate governance
Women in corporate governance: the numbers versus the expectations
pt. 4. Getting a seat at the boardroom table.
Paradigm shifts: a tale of three women
Prescriptions.
No seat at the table : how corporate governance and law keep women out of the boardroom by Douglas M. Branson. ISBN 9780814799734. Published by New York University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.