
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
You've heard about the glass ceiling, but what about the glass cliff?
A new theory suggests that women are overrepresented in precarious leadership positions and lack the support structures needed to succeed.
My research is concerned with understanding the career trajectories of senior female executives in professional services, focusing on the impact of dark or toxic leadership and the prevelance of female bullying. Emergent evidence gathered from narrative accounts points to the perpetuation of organsiational barriers which have the capacity to derail careers and lead to a systemic loss of skilled and capable females from the talent pipeline.