Vrouwen in leidinggevende functies: Beschrijving en verklaring van ontwikkelingen in Nederland tussen 1985 en 2008 ; Women in positions of authority: Description and explanation of developments in the Netherlands from 1985 to 2008

Women still have limited access to positions of authority in the workplace. Although the slow progress in this regard is much debated, research shedding light on trends in women's workplace authority remains scarce, particularly outside the US. Moreover, rigorous empirical tests of which processes drive developments in women's access to authority positions are largely lacking. This study addresses these research gaps. We examine trends in women's workplace authority and investigate what drove them, concentrating on the role of historical shifts in the composition of the female labor force, lab... Mehr ...