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This important new book addresses the growing international interest in women on corporate boards of directors.
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This important new book addresses the growing international interest in women on corporate boards of directors. The contributors explore the position of women on corporate boards and future trends in different countries including Australia, Canada, France, Iceland, Jordan, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Tunisia, the UK and the USA.
They go on to report the latest research on the experiences and different contributions made by women directors on corporate boards. Issues discussed include:
How women directors champion difficult issues and debates
How women influence boardroom behaviour
The contribution of women directors' human and social capital
Gendered experiences and the glass cliff
The glass ceiling or a bottleneck?
Networking to harness local power for national impact
Women on board in best practice companies
Whether critical mass makes a difference?
Future directions for research.
Women on Corporate Boards of Directors brings together the significant international research base with suggestions aimed at individuals aspiring to board membership, women and men currently serving on corporate boards, companies interested in attracting women to their boards, and government bodies wanting to identify the challenges and opportunities facing them as they consider various options for increasing women's representation on corporate boards. This will also be an important book for academics interested in women directors, women's careers at senior levels in organizations and workforce diversity.
Contents
Contents:
Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Issues and Opportunities
Ronald J. Burke and Susan Vinnicombe
PART I: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Women Board Directors in the United States: An Eleven Year Retrospective
Lois Joy
2. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Canadian Perspective
Ronald J. Burke and Richard Leblanc
3. The Pipeline to the Board Finally Opens: Women's Progress on FTSE 100 Boards in the UK
Ruth Sealy, Susan Vinnicombe and Val Singh
4. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The French Perspective
Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey
5. New Zealand Women Directors: Many Aspire but Few Succeed
Rosanne Hawarden and Ralph E. Stablein
6. 'Glacial at Best': Women's Progress on Corporate Boards in Australia
Anne Ross-Smith and Jane Bridge
7. The Quota Story: Five Years of Change in Norway
Marit Hoel
8. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Icelandic Perspective
Thoranna Jónsdóttir
9. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors in Spanish Listed Companies
Celia de Anca
10. Contrasting Positions of Women Directors in Jordan and Tunisia
Val Singh
PART II: RESEARCH THEMES
11. Championing the Discussion of Tough Issues: How Women Corporate Directors Contribute to Board Deliberations
Nancy McInerney-Lacombe, Diana Bilimoria and Paul F. Salipante
12. Women Directors and the 'Black Box' of Board Behavior
Morten Huse
13. Do Women Still Lack the 'Right' Kind of Human Capital for Directorships on the FTSE 100 Corporate Boards?
Siri Terjesen, Val Singh and Susan Vinnicombe
14. Examining Gendered Experiences Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Precariousness of the Glass Cliff and the Absence of Rewards
Michelle K. Ryan, Clara Kulich, S. Alexander Haslam, Mette D. Hersby and Catherine Atkins
15. On the Progress of Corporate Women: Less a Glass Ceiling than a Bottleneck?
Dan R. Dalton and Catherine M. Dalton
16. ION: Organizational Networking to Harness Local Power for National Impact
Susan M. Adams, Patricia M. Flynn and Toni G. Wolfman
17. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Best Practice Companies
Heather Foust-Cummings
18. Critical Mass: Does the Number of Women on a Corporate Board Make a Difference?
Sumru Erkut, Vicki W. Kramer and Alison M. Konrad
Directions for Future Research on Women on Corporate Boards of Directors
Diana Bilimoria
Index
