Women on Corporate Boards of Directors

International Challenges and Opportunities

AvRonald J. Burke,M.C. Mattis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

Del i serien Issues in Business Ethics

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Beskrivning

This volume focuses on women serving on corporate boards of directors. It includes censuses of women directors in a number of countries, identifies reasons for their limited numbers, indicates why appointing qualified women to boards offers competitive advantages, and suggests practical ways corporations can attract, recruit and appoint more women board members. Researchers interested in gender and corporate governance issues, companies interested in increasing their numbers of women board members, and women and men serving or hoping to serve on corporate boards should find this book of interest.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-03-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:601 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Issues in Business Ethics
Antal sidor:273
Upplaga:2000
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792361626

Utforska kategorier

Ledarskapsböcker inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Affärsetik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

One: Women Corporate Directors: A Research Appraisal.- Women Corporate Boards of Directors: Where Do We Go From Here?.- The Future of Corporate Women: Progress Toward the Executive Suite and the Boardroom?.- Building the business case for women corporate directors.- Two: International Research Findings.- Women Corporate Directors in the United States.- Making it to the Top in Britain.- The Paradox of Affirmative Action for Women Directors in Israel.- Women on Canadian Corporate Boards of Directors: Still a Long Way to Go.- What Distinguishes Women Non-executive Directors From Executive Directors? Individual, Interpersonal and Organizational Factors Related to Women’s Appointments to Boards.- The New Zealand Experiment — Training to be on Board as a Director.- Taking a Seat on the Board: Women Directors in Britain.- Company Size, Board Size and Numbers of Women Corporate Directors.- Three: Women Directors and Board Dynamics.- Women on Boards of Directors: Gender Bias or Power Threat?.- Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Understanding the Context.- The Experiences of White Women on Corporate Boards in Canada: Compliance and Non-compliance to Hegemonic Masculinity.- Public Sector Board Composition in Australia: Leading the Way?.- Four: Views of Corporate Directors.- From Male Locker Room to Co-ed Board Room: A Twenty-five Year Perspective.- Making Boards Work: Recruiting for Balance, Competence and Results.- Catalyst Corporate Board Placement: New Seats at the Table.