Purchase Solution

Article by Helfat, Harris, and Wolfson

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Describe the central research problem.

Explain, as best you can, why the study was undertaken.

Describe what the authors discovered.

See the following reference: Helfat, C. E., Harris, D., & Wolfson, P. J. (2006). The pipeline to the top: Women and men in the top executive ranks of US corporations. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 20(4), 42-64.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

An article by Helfat, Harris, and Wolfson on women and men executives in U.S. corporations is summarized.

Solution Preview

As you offer your own analysis, please note that Helfat, Harris, and Wolfson seem to describe the central research problem as an aim to examine the gender inequities surrounding the low numbers of women in CEO positions.

The article also investigates and shows that the study was undertaken to assess various job responsibilities and the executive hierarchy below the rank of CEO; the authors scrutinize and uncover obvious gender imbalances that occur within the hierarchy as well.

As you look at the article's findings, the authors discover that business will likely experience a slow increase in the percentage of female CEOs n the next five to ten years. However, the authors specify that "Nevertheless, the percentage of CEOs that are ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • BS , Slippery Rock University
  • MA, Slippery Rock University
Recent Feedback
  • "thk u"
  • "Thank you. Posted one more.. if you are online pls help. "
  • "thk u"
  • "thk u"
  • "thnk you"
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Shakespeare's Plays

Do you know all about Shakespeare and his work? Find out with this quiz!

Macbeth Comprehension Act One

Test how well you understand the basic plot of Macbeth as well as the deeper themes, symbols, and character analysis.

Paradise Lost - Milton

Students will be able to test themselves on their knowledge of Milton's Paradise Lost and gain a better understanding of key points that their instructor may ask them about.

19th Century American prose authors

Test your knowledge of American prose writers of the 19th Century. Use this quiz to brush up on your familiarity of major titles and writers.

Conflicts

You will identify conflicts and their types in this short quiz.