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Michelle K Ryan

Director, Global Institute for Women's Leadership
Verified email at anu.edu.au
Cited by 16590

Think crisis–think female: The glass cliff and contextual variation in the think manager–think male stereotype.

MK Ryan, SA Haslam, MD Hersby…�- Journal of Applied�…, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Ryan. We would like to thank Clara Kulich and Cate Atkins for their help with the research.Correspondence
concerning this article should be addressed to Michelle K. Ryan, School of …

The glass cliff: Evidence that women are over‐represented in precarious leadership positions

MK Ryan, SA Haslam�- British Journal of management, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
There has been much research and conjecture concerning the barriers women face in
trying to climb the corporate ladder, with evidence suggesting that they typically confront a ‘glass …

The glass cliff: Exploring the dynamics surrounding the appointment of women to precarious leadership positions

MK Ryan, SA Haslam�- Academy of management review, 2007 - journals.aom.org
In this paper we explore the “glass cliff” form of discrimination. We review archival and
experimental evidence of the glass cliff and identify multiple processes as having the potential to …

Investing with prejudice: The relationship between women's presence on company boards and objective and subjective measures of company performance

SA Haslam, MK Ryan, C Kulich…�- British Journal of�…, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a comprehensive archival examination of FTSE 100 companies in the
period 2001–2005, focusing on the relationship between the presence of women on company …

Getting on top of the glass cliff: Reviewing a decade of evidence, explanations, and impact

MK Ryan, SA Haslam, T Morgenroth, F Rink…�- The Leadership�…, 2016 - Elsevier
The glass cliff refers to the tendency for women to be more likely than men to be appointed
to leadership positions that are risky and precarious. This paper reviews the first decade of …

Politics and the glass cliff: Evidence that women are preferentially selected to contest hard-to-win seats

MK Ryan, SA Haslam, C Kulich�- Psychology of women�…, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent archival and experimental research has revealed that women are more likely than
men to be appointed to leadership positions when an organization is in crisis. As a result, …

The motivational theory of role modeling: How role models influence role aspirants' goals

…, MK Ryan, K Peters�- Review of general�…, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Role models are often suggested as a way of motivating individuals to set and achieve
ambitious goals, especially for members of stigmatized groups in achievement settings. Yet, the …

The road to the glass cliff: Differences in the perceived suitability of men and women for leadership positions in succeeding and failing organizations

SA Haslam, MK Ryan�- The Leadership Quarterly, 2008 - Elsevier
Research into gender and leadership has tended to focus on the inequalities that women
encounter while trying to climb the corporate ladder, with particular emphasis on the role …

[HTML][HTML] Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model

…, K Fransen, J Yang, MK Ryan, J Jetten, K Peters…�- The leadership�…, 2014 - Elsevier
Although nearly two decades of research have provided support for the social identity approach
to leadership, most previous work has focused on leaders' identity prototypicality while …

The glass ceiling in the 21st century

M Barreto, MK Ryan, MT Schmitt�- Washington, DC: American�…, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
… The glass ceiling in the 21st century : understanding barriers to gender equality / edited
by Manuela Barreto, Michelle K. Ryan, and Michael T. Schmitt. p. … 153 MicheMe K. …