California bill is influenced by WCW research findings that it takes three female members on a corporate board to make a real impact on decision-making and governance.
Huffington Post, December 17, 2013
Keven Bellows
WealthManagement.com, November 13, 2013
Joseph Keefe
The Boston Globe, October 11, 2013
NACD Directorship December 6, 2012
Thames Fulton and Mary Kier
by Sumru Erkut, Ph.D.
July 18, 2012
Crisis can spell opportunity for women. Marissa Mayer’s appointment to head Yahoo can be seen as one more example of a talented woman brought in to save a company in danger of failing, a so-called “glass cliff” phenomenon-in-action where a women is hired when a company is on the verge of disastrous financial plunge. But Mayer’s appointment can also be seen as the Yahoo board being jolted into recognizing the solid business case for hiring a woman to lead their company. Our research (with my colleagues Vicki Kramer and Alison Konrad) on the advantages that a critical mass of three or more women directors can bring to a corporate board suggests that, attuned to the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, women tend to have a collaborative leadership style that increases listening, social support, and asking tough questions and demanding direct and detailed answers, all leading to win-win problem-solving. Yahoo needs all of that.
Advisor.CA December 16, 2011
Melissa Shin
The Record (Trenton, NJ)
Sumru Erkut
July 21, 2010
July 2010
Psychology Today
Ray B. Williams and Lisa Martin
May 15, 2010
Alexander H. Tullo
July 20, 2009
The New York Times
Vicki W. Kramer
June 8, 2009
The Glass Hammer
Andrea Newell
June 16, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Joyce Gannon
March 17, 2009
Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
Nicole Garrison-Sprenger
March 3, 2009
The Earth Times (online)
PRNewswire-USNewswire
March 4, 2008
BusinessWeek
Sharon Allen
February 5, 2008
Harvard Business Review
Alison Konrad and Vicki Kramer
December 2006