Women who serve on the board of a prominent FTSE-100 firm are less likely to secure additional board roles, whereas men in the same positions are more likely to, finds new research from UCL School of Management.

Upcoming research from UCL School of Management reveals that “dissonant ties” – relationships characterised by conflicting feelings, such as liking but not respecting someone, or disliking yet respecting them – disproportionately harm women in the workplace.