Women on corporate boards and in top management [Elektronisk resurs] European trends and policy / Edited by Colette Fagan, Maria Gonzalez Menendez, Silvia Gomez Anson.

• List of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Series Preface Funding Reference Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction-- M.Gonzalez Menendez, C.Fagan and S.Gomez Anson Women on European Boards-- S.Gomez Anson The Women on Boards in Europe Project: Aims, Methodology and Limitations-- M.Gonzalez Menendez& L.Martinez Gonzalez Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway -- Innovative Gender Equality Policy-- M.Teigen Surge Under Threat -- The Rapid Increase in Women on Swedish Boards of Directors-- L.Bohman, M.Bygren &C.Edling Individual Competence and Official Support: Women on Boards in Finland-- P.Korvajarvi Women's Representation on the Boards of UK Listed Companies-- N.Teasdale, C.Fagan& C.Shepherd Women in Top Management in France: Still Waiting for Change-- M.Smith, P.Srinivasan& K.Zhuk Women on Boards of Spanish Listed Companies-- M.Gonzalez Menendez& L.Martinez Gonzalez New and Persisting Barriers for Younger Generations of Women in Management in Slovenia-- A.Mrcela, B.Luzar& S.Smuc Women in Management -- The Hungarian Case-- B.Nagy Conclusions-- C.Fagan& M.Gonzalez Menendez Bibliography Index.

• This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories. -- Has women's presence on company boards and in other top management positions improved? And in which countries and types of organization has most progress towards gender parity been made? This book provides an international comparative analysis of the trends and evaluates gender equality policy developments, including those focused on corporate governance, such as the use of gender quotas for board membership. It includes detailed analysis using new data from eight European countries strategically selected because of their different policy frameworks and trajectories with regard to welfare, employment and promoting gender equality: Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK, France, Spain, Hungary and Slovenia. Developments in women's presence in top management jobs are considered in relation to the broader gender structuring of the labour market and political life. Policy debates and developments to redress women's under-representation in this arena are examined and evaluated and theoretically informed explanations are advanced, which emphasize the influence of national institutional settings and policy regimes, over and above market forces, even at this elite level of the employment hierarchy. 

Ämnesord

Boards of directors  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Women executives  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Sex discrimination in employment  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Economics.  (eflch)

Klassifikation

ECO (ämneskategori)

331.4133 (DDC)

Ohafb (kssb/8 (machine generated))