by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Oct 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
I spend a lot of my time thinking about ‘femininity’. My work on the first history of women in corporate leadership requires that I discuss the assumed, and actual, wants and needs of corporate women. I examine the way women are expected to act, how they...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you ever need a non-fiction bestseller, write a book on women in leadership. Every ambitious woman in middle and senior management will buy it, as will well-meaning men. The launch will be packed by women and men wanting to be seen to support the cause of...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the nice things about working on DECRA is that you are encouraged (compelled?) to develop a community of colleagues in your area. To this end, in early 2023 I held a workshop collating new work on Australian women in business history. I have very fond memories...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Oct 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today is publication day for my article, ‘A life in the shadows’: Australian women and family business succession, 1910–2018. I am not ashamed to admit that I was inspired to look into this primarily due to becoming a wee bit obsessed with HBO’s Succession in...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Dec 21, 2023 | events, Ideas, Publishing
I am very tired! Like a ‘cry in your cup of tea after a relatively minor outlook problem’ tired. Writing on the second last day of the working year, I am frustrated by how much there is left to do, but with no desire to do any of it. It’s been a very...
