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Overcoming barriers to women's workplace leadership: insights from the interaction of formal and informal support mechanisms in trade unions
Author(s) -
Dean Mark,
Perrett Robert
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12287
Subject(s) - trade union , face (sociological concept) , democracy , public relations , political science , business , sociology , international trade , law , social science , politics
Women face gendered barriers to union leadership. In‐depth interviews with UK and Australian female senior trade union leaders investigated how mentoring strategies can help women overcome barriers to leadership. Formal mentoring is most important, but the interaction of mentoring and informal support networks bolsters gender equality and workplace democracy.