Professor Ruth Sealy
Professor of Leadership
Programme Director for the Doctor of Business Administration Postgraduate Research Programmes
Specialisms
- Behavioural Corporate Governance,
- Strategic Inclusivity,
- Board Dynamics,
- Women in Leadership,
- Non-Financial Narrative Reporting
Location
Engine House building room 515, Greenlands campus
Professor Ruth Sealy is a Professor of Leadership and Programme Director for the Doctor of Business Administration Postgraduate Research Programmes at Henley Business School. She is also a Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management and an Honorary Professor of Responsible Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School.
Ruth researches behavioural corporate governance, including boardroom dynamics and strategic inclusivity, women on boards and leadership. She also explores public policy, such as regulation in government departments, listed companies and the UK's NHS, and individual level career processes, studying work identity, role models and the impact of demography on minority career decisions.
Her journal publications include Leadership Quarterly, Corporate Governance: International Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, the British Journal of Management, the Human Resource Management Journal, Gender Work and Organization, the International Journal of Management Reviews and Accounting in Europe. She has written more than 20 public reports for government, regulatory and professional bodies.
She has held several research and leadership roles, including with City University London. An entrepreneur for 10 years before selling her company and retraining as an organisational psychologist, Ruth worked as a consultant for corporates in industries such as aerospace and finance, then started a PhD.
Ruth is an Associate Editor for Corporate Governance: International Review and a board member of the International Corporate Governance Society. She is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management and an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and currently has openings for PhD supervision in the areas of behavioural corporate governance and strategic leadership.
Reference: Sealy, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (2024) Women on boards: targets and quotas. In: Clarke, T., Khlif, W. and Ingley, C. (eds.) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Corporate Governance. Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 291-292. ISBN 9781839107054 doi: 10.4337/9781839107061.ch113
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Professor Ruth Sealy
Reference: Sealy, R. (2024) Women on boards –shifting board behaviours. In: Clarke, T., Khlif, W. and Ingley, C. (eds.) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Corporate Governance. Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 293-294. ISBN 9781839107054 doi: 10.4337/9781839107061.ch114
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Reference: Sealy, R. , Forsblad, C. and Worts, N. (2024) Women's leadership ambition in early careers. In: Madsen, S. and Michelon, G. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership. Research Handbooks in Business and Management series. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 171-186. ISBN 9781035306886
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Reference: Sealy, R. and Grosvold, J. (2024) Boardroom diversity: the role of the responsible leader. In: Magnan, M., Jarislowsky, S. A. and Michelon, G. (eds.) Handbook on Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 204-216. ISBN 9781802208764 doi: 10.4337/9781802208771.00027
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Reference: Page, A., Sealy, R. , Parker, A. and Hauser, O. (2024) Regulation and the trickle-down effect of women in leadership roles. Leadership Quarterly, 35 (5). 101721. ISSN 10489843 doi: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101721
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Reference: Tilbury, L. and Sealy, R. (2024) Seen and not heard: a comparative case study of women on boards and process loss beyond critical mass. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 32 (2). pp. 190-204. ISSN 1467-8683 doi: 10.1111/corg.12524
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Reference: Opara, V., Ryan, M. K., Sealy, R. and Begeny, C. T. (2023) “Fitting in whilst standing out”: identity flexing strategies of professional British women of African, Asian, and Caribbean ethnicities. Frontiers in Sociology, 8. 820975. ISSN 2297-7775 doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.820975
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Reference: Michelon, G., Trojanowski, G. and Sealy, R. (2022) Narrative reporting: state of the art and future challenges. Accounting in Europe, 19 (1). pp. 7-47. ISSN 1744-9499 doi: 10.1080/17449480.2021.1900582
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Reference: Page, A. and Sealy, R. (2021) Topic modelling: a method for analysing corporate gender diversity statements. In: Clarke, T., Khlif, W. and Ingley, C. (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance. Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 291-292. ISBN 9781839107054 doi: 10.4337/9781839107061.ch113
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Reference: Opara, V., Sealy, R. and Ryan, M. K. (2020) The workplace experiences of BAME professional women: understanding experiences at the intersection. Gender, Work & Organization, 27 (6). pp. 1192-1213. ISSN 1468-0432 doi: 10.1111/gwao.12456
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Reference: Searle, R., Sealy, R. and Hawkins, B. (2019) “Don’t you know that it’s different for girls?”: a dynamic exploration of trust, breach and violation for women en-route to the top. In: Cooper, C., Antoniou, C. and Gattrell, C. (eds.) Women, Business and Leadership: Gender and Organisations. New Horizons in Management series. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 291-292. ISBN 9781786432704 doi: 10.4337/9781786432711.00021
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Reference: McLaughlin, H., Silvester, J., Bilimoria, D., Jané, S., Sealy, R. , Peters, K., Möltner, H., Huse, M. and Göke, J. (2018) Women in power: contributing factors that impact on women in organizations and politics; psychological research and best practice. Organizational Dynamics, 47 (3). pp. 189-199. ISSN 0090-2616 doi: 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2017.09.001
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Reference: Sealy, R. , Doldor, E., Vinnicombe, S., Terjesen, S., Anderson, D. and Atewologun, D. (2017) Expanding the notion of dialogic trading zones for impactful research: the case of women on boards research. British Journal of Management, 28 (1). pp. 64-83. ISSN 1467-8551 doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12203
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Reference: Atewologun, D., Kutzer, R., Doldor, E., Anderson, D. and Sealy, R. (2017) Individual-level foci of identification at work: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Management Reviews, 19 (3). pp. 273-295. ISSN 14682370 doi: 10.1111/ijmr.12148
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Reference: Harman, C. and Sealy, R. (2017) Opt-in or opt-out: exploring how women construe their ambition at early career stages. Career Development International, 22 (4). pp. 372-398. ISSN 1362-0436 doi: 10.1108/CDI-08-2016-0137
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Reference: Doldor, E., Sealy, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (2016) Accidental activists: headhunters as marginal diversity actors in institutional change towards more women on boards. Human Resource Management Journal, 26 (3). pp. 285-303. ISSN 1748-8583 doi: 10.1111/1748-8583.12107
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Reference: Atewologun, D., Sealy, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (2016) Revealing intersectional dynamics in organizations: introducing 'Intersectional identity work'. Gender, Work & Organization, 23 (3). pp. 223-247. ISSN 1468-0432 doi: 10.1111/gwao.12082
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Reference: Terjesen, S. and Sealy, R. (2016) Board gender quotas: exploring ethical tensions from a multi-theoretical perspective. Business Ethics Quarterly, 26 (1). pp. 23-65. ISSN 1052-150X doi: 10.1017/beq.2016.7
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Reference: Atewologun, D. and Sealy, R. (2014) Experiencing privilege at ethnic, gender and senior intersections. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 29 (4). pp. 423-439. ISSN 0268-3946 doi: 10.1108/JMP-02-2013-0038
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Reference: Pryce, P. and Sealy, R. (2013) Promoting women to MD in investment banking: multi-level influences. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 28 (8). pp. 448-467. ISSN 1754-2413 doi: 10.1108/GM-11-2012-0095
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Reference: Sealy, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (2012) Women and the governance of corporate boards. In: Clarke, T. and Branson, D. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Corporate Governance. SAGE, London, pp. 325-344. ISBN 9781412929806 doi: 10.4135/9781446200995.n15
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Reference: Atewologun, D. and Sealy, R. H. V. (2011) Advancing racio-ethnic and diversity theorising through 'intersectional identity work'. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. doi: doi10.5464/AMBPP.2011.12.a
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Reference: Sealy, R. H. V. and Singh, V. (2010) The importance of role models and demographic context for senior women's work identity development. International Journal of Management Reviews, 12 (3). pp. 284-300. ISSN 1468-2370 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2009.00262.x
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Reference: Sealy, R. (2010) Changing perceptions of meritocracy in senior women's careers. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 25 (3). pp. 184-197. ISSN 1754-2413 doi: 10.1108/17542411011036392
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Reference: Terjesen, S., Sealy, R. and Singh, V. (2009) Women directors on corporate boards: A review and research agenda. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 17 (3). pp. 320-337. ISSN 1467-8683 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00742.x
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Reference: Sealy, R. , Vinnicombe, S. and Singh, V. (2008) The pipeline to the board finally opens: women's progress on FTSE 100 boards in the UK. In: Vinnicombe, S., Singh, V., Burke, R. J., Bilimoria, D. and Huse, M. (eds.) Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice. New Horizons in Management. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 37-46. ISBN 9781847204806 doi: 10.4337/9781848445192.00012
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Reference: Sealy, R. , Vinnicombe, S. and Singh, V., (2008) The female FTSE report 2008: a decade of delay. Report. Cranfield University
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Reference: Sealy, R. and Singh, V. (2006) Role models, work identity and senior women's career progression - why are role models important? In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2006.22898277 (Vol. 2006, No. 1)
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Specialisms
- Behavioural Corporate Governance
- Strategic Inclusivity
- Board Dynamics
- Women in Leadership
- Non-Financial Narrative Reporting
Location
Engine House building room 515, Greenlands campus