In this paper a framework for investigating and understanding how boards of directors respond to changes in the national pattern of corporate governance based on institutional theory is developed. The framework is applied on boards of Swedish publicly listed companies in 1994 and 1999. We...

The paper aims to develop our understanding of how forces in the society, organizational patterns and individual actions interact as new female entrants try to become established in professional organization. Little knowledge exists on how women who enter an organization can approach existing,...