Feminist Perspectives in Business Studies

Edited by Mariasole Bannò, Associate Professor of Management, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia and Giorgia Maria D’Allura, Associate Professor of Management, Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Italy

‘[Bannò and D’Allura have] assembled a Dream Team of leading scholars in management and the social sciences to analyze the role of women in management through the lens of social identity theory. The resulting collection of insights and perspectives reflects the leadership and high scholarly craftsmanship of the Editors.’

• ContentsForeword xiIntroduction to Feminist Perspectives in Business Studies 1Mariasole Bannò and Giorgia Maria D’AlluraPART I Making visible the invisible: Taking stock and moving forward1 Feminist perspectives in business studies: A conceptualframework 14Mariasole Bannò and Giorgia Maria D’Allura2 A feminist perspective in entrepreneurship: Breaking barriers 40Lara Bertola3 Social Identity Theory and diversity management: Asocio-psychological approach to inter-gender dynamics inorganizations 57Filippo Ferrari4 Taking stock of research on gender issues in business: Aninstitutional perspective 74Francesca Costanza, Anna Minà and Sergio PaternostroPART II A multilevel analysis to disentangle the feministperspective in business5 Breaking barriers: Assessing Agenda 2030’s impact onwomen entrepreneurship studies 123Giorgia Maria D’Allura and Michela Floris6 The unfulfilled promise of feminist research inentrepreneurship studies 146Chiara Leggerini7 Unveiling gender disparities in male-dominated industries:An intersectional perspective 169Michela Floris, Roberta Pinna and Eleonora Veglianti8 Women leaders in family firms: Are they breaking the glassceiling and redefining their golden cage? 195Elisa Conti and Andrea Calabrò9 Female “bright side”: The effect of women in managementand on the board on corporate performance in Europe 215Francesco Fasano, Maurizio La Rocca and Neha Neha10 The implications of female directors for risk-taking in Italianhigh-tech boards 230Nuria Reguera-Alvarado, Sara Saggese, Fabrizia Sarto andGianluca Veronesi11 Does female executives’ involvement in corruption affect firmvalue? European evidence 256Elvira Tiziana La Rocca, Neha Neha and Francisco JavierSánchez-Vidal12 Opening the black box of gender in family business advising 272Cristina Alvarado-Alvarez, Katrin Riisla, Patricia Elgoibarand Martin Euwema13 Gender workforce diversity for resilience: The multinationalenterprises’ institutional work 287Cristina Leone, Pasquale Massimo Picone and ArabellaMocciaro Li Destri14 Gender equality strategies in the steel sector: An innovativeperspective on the chances and challenges of the femaleworkforce in production 314Laura Tolettini and Eleonora Di Maria15 Women managers of co-operative shops in Poland during thecommunist period 331Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska, Anna Góral and Sylwia Wrona16 Board diversity as a resilience determinant for small andmedium enterprises: An empirical investigation of the Italianfood and beverage industry 351Rodolfo DamianoPART III Breaking barriers: Women’s public policy17 European regulatory approaches to increase women in theupper echelon: A retrospective 371Letizia Lo Preiato and Mariasole Bannò18 Unveiling gender equality: Assessing the impact of boardgender diversity approaches in European countries 389Emilia Filippi and Tommaso Fornasari19 Socio-cognitive factors hindering women's careers: Anevolutionary psychological perspective 410Filippo Ferrari20 Beyond the feminist approach: Feminine capital and women’ssustainable employability towards a framework of carewithout sacrifice 426Valentina Erasmo, Lucia Marchegiani Rizzolli, GiorgiaNigri, Diletta Pasqualotto and Anna Laura Siracusa21 More than having a seat at the table: From bringing womeninto the boardroom to making their voice heard 443Sara De Masi, Alessandro Zattoni and AgnieszkaSłomka-Gołębiowska