Knowing Her Place

Valerie Bevan, Honorary Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University Management School and Caroline Gatrell, Professor of Organization Studies, University of Liverpool Management School, UK

'Valerie Bevan and Caroline Gatrell have written a fascinating book about women in science. Whilst much has been said in the media about the lack of women in senior science roles nobody has really provided the story behind the woeful figures. These authors form a terrific partnership in that one of them is a working scientist and the other is a highly regarded academic who writes about women and leadership. Together they have crafted a book which captures the actual experiences of mainly women but also men in science and together theorise why the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in science continues. This is both an informative and engaging book and deserves to be read widely.'--Susan Vinnicombe CBE, Cranfield University, UK'This is an important book. It sheds genuinely new light on why the practice of science, especially at ''VIP'' level, remains so dominated by men. Bevan and Gatrell provide evocative, personal accounts of what it s really like to practise science as a woman. They do this through a detailed, fine-grained and convincing analysis of the voices of women in healthcare science; voices which have remained, at best, in the background of debates - until now.'--Mark Learmonth, Durham University Business School, UK'Knowing Her Place: Positioning Women in Science is a book we should have had 20 years ago. It is an outstanding book about the issues that affect women working in science; the problems, dilemmas, their careers, motherhood, etc. It is the best book ever written on this subject, and makes a major contribution to the field of women at work. This is a must buy for anyone interested in science more generally, and how we can get more women engaged in science.'--Sir Cary Cooper, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents: 1. Introduction: setting the scene 2. Positioning women in their place 3. Subtle masculinities at work 4. Secret careers 5. Creative genius in science 6. M[o]therhood 7. Concluding remarks and recommendations References Index