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Why women land top jobs in struggling organisations – they may just be better in a crisis

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par Rita Goyal, Assistant Professor, Centre for Resilient Business and Society, Coventry University
Nada Kakabadse, Professor of Policy, Governance and Ethics, Henley Business School, University of Reading

Women are increasingly occupying top leadership roles across organisations, political parties and even nations. This may seem unequivocally like a good thing. Yet, many of these roles are undertaken in precarious circumstances, with inherent risks that might make them unattractive to men.

High-profile examples illustrate this pattern. Sarah Mullally, the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury and first female leader of the Church of…

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