Gender Diversity in the Boardroom

Analyses and critiques existing strategies beyond quotas for improving gender equality on corporate boards Includes contributions from politicians, practitioners and policy-makers

Critically reflects on elements on success or failure

Autorentext

Cathrine Seierstad is Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at Queen Mary University of London, UK, where she is also a member of CRED (Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity). Patricia Gabaldon is Assistant Professor of Economic Environment at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. Heike Mensi-Klarbach is Guest Professor for Gender and Diversity at Leibniz University Hanover, Germany.

Inhalt

1. Setting the Scene: Women on Boards: The Multiple Approaches Beyond Quotas; Cathrine Seierstad, Patricia Gabaldon and Heike Mensi-Klarbach.- 2.UK: The Merits and Shortcomings of a Voluntary Approach; Elena Doldor.- 3. Portugal: The Slow Progress of the Regulatory Framework; Sara Falcão Casaca.- 4. Gender Diversity on Boards of Directors in Slovenia: Impending Legislation to Establish Quotas; Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrela.- 5. Austria: Gender Diversity in Austrian Boards: Combing Soft and Hard Law Regulations; Heike Mensi-Klarbach.- 6. Sweden: Work for Change and Political Threats; Charlotte Holgersson and Anna Wahl.- 7. Women's Path to the Boardroom: The Case of Denmark; Aleksandra Gregori and Jesper Lau Hansen.- 8. Switzerland: Gender Diversity on Boards in Switzerland; Florence Villesèche and Evis Sinani.- 9. Hungary: The Downturn of Gender Diversity on Boards in Hungary; Beáta Nagy, Henriett Primecz and Péter Munkácsi.- 10. Gender Diversity on Boards in the United States, Australia and Israel; Siri Terjesen and Lauren Trombetta.- 11. Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: The Multiple Approaches Beyond Quota Regulations; Cathrine Seierstad, Patricia Gabaldon and Heike Mensi-Klarbach.