ABSTRACT

This volume addresses the need to integrate gender equality into business and management education and provides examples of leading initiatives illustrating how this can occur from various disciplinary and global perspectives. Gender inequality has a long history in business schools and the workplace, and traditions are hard to change. Some disciplines remain resolutely gendered, affecting both women and men; and case materials on women leaders and managers are still rare.The chapters provide conceptual and research rationales as to why responsible management education must address the issue of gender equality. They also identify materials and resources to assist faculty in integrating gender issues and awareness into various disciplines and fields. These include specific case studies and innovations that assess or address the role of gender in various educational environments.The book is designed to help faculty integrate the topic of gender equality into their own teaching and research and gain support for the legitimacy of gender equality as an essential management education topic. This is the first book in a series on gender equality as a challenge for business and management education, published with the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Working Group on Gender Equality.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

Identifying the key issues underlying gender inequality in management education and ways to reduce gender gaps

part I|87 pages

Trends and challenges in management education

chapter 1|16 pages

Gender inequality in management education

Past, present and future

chapter 2|29 pages

Gender equality in business schools

The elephant in the room

chapter 3|26 pages

Sustainability as a lens to explore gender equality

A missed opportunity for responsible management

chapter 4|15 pages

Cleaning our houses

Gender equity in business schools

part II|86 pages

Disciplinary perspectives

chapter 5|24 pages

Defining the terrain for responsible management education

Gender, gender equality and the case of marketing

chapter 6|18 pages

Business education for nurse leaders

A case study of leadership development in a vital, highly gendered industry

chapter 8|18 pages

Are we still telling female students they can’t lead?

A content analysis of leadership writings and representations in organizational behaviour texts

part III|63 pages

Institutional perspectives

chapter 9|19 pages

It can be done!

Organizational interventions that can reduce the influence of gender prejudice on perceptions, performance and aspirations

chapter 10|13 pages

From theory to practice

A university promoting gender equality in business

chapter 12|10 pages

Integrating gender and diversity in management education

Finding the right balance between “integration” and “marginalization”

part IV|66 pages

International perspectives

chapter 14|12 pages

Persistent labour market inequalities

What do the French management schools do for their female students?

chapter 15|26 pages

Still too soon to forget “women”?

Making the case for the importance of gender diversity in management education: a study of India and the United States

part V|95 pages

Pedagogical approaches

chapter 17|12 pages

The gender equality index and reflective role-plays

Introducing gender in management education

chapter 18|19 pages

Gender and pedagogy

A business school case study

chapter 19|13 pages

Integrating gender equality into management education

An MBA course on women in organizations

chapter 20|18 pages

Teaching gender issues in management education

The role of experiential approaches

chapter 21|15 pages

From teaching ethics to ethical teaching

Feminist interventions in management education

chapter 22|17 pages

The Eighth Summit

Women’s ascent of organizations

chapter |6 pages

Concluding comments

Going forward