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Women on Corporate Boards of Directors
International Research and Practice
New Horizons in Management series
Edited by
Susan Vinnicombe
,
Val Singh
,
Ronald J. Burke
,
Diana Bilimoria
, and
Morten Huse
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This important new book addresses the growing international interest in women on corporate boards of directors.
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Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Issues and Opportunities
PART I: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1: Women Board Directors in the United States: An Eleven Year Retrospective
Chapter 2: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Canadian Perspective
Chapter 3: The Pipeline to the Board Finally Opens: Women’s Progress on FTSE 100 Boards in the UK
Chapter 4: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The French Perspective
Chapter 5: New Zealand Women Directors: Many Aspire but Few Succeed
Chapter 6: ‘Glacial at Best’: Women’s Progress on Corporate Boards in Australia
Chapter 7: The Quota Story: Five Years of Change in Norway
Chapter 8: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Icelandic Perspective
Chapter 9: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors in Spanish Listed Companies
Chapter 10: Contrasting Positions of Women Directors in Jordan and Tunisia
PART II: RESEARCH THEMES
Chapter 11: Championing the Discussion of Tough Issues: How Women Corporate Directors Contribute to Board Deliberations
Chapter 12: Women Directors and the ‘Black Box’ of Board Behavior
Chapter 13: Do Women Still Lack the ‘Right’ Kind of Human Capital for Directorships on the FTSE 100 Corporate Boards?
Chapter 14: Examining Gendered Experiences Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Precariousness of the Glass Cliff and the Absence of Rewards
Chapter 15: On the Progress of Corporate Women: Less a Glass Ceiling than a Bottleneck?
Chapter 16: ION: Organizational Networking to Harness Local Power for National Impact
Chapter 17: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Best Practice Companies
Chapter 18: Critical Mass: Does the Number of Women on a Corporate Board Make a Difference?
Directions for Future Research on Women on Corporate Boards of Directors
Index
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Published:
28 Nov 2008
Print ISBN:
9781847204806
eISBN:
9781848445192
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848445192
Pages:
272
Collection:
Business 2010 and before
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