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Female presence on corporate boards: a multi-country study of environmental context
Terjesen, Siri - 2008
A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and …
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Gender parity on top boards is still a far-off goal, and it is time for companies to take action
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 17-19
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Corporate reporting provides insight into companies' commitment to gender equality
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 32-39
useful signal to outside stakeholders of how serious companies are about gender equality. …
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Financial sector : proportion of women in top decision-making bodies is increasing more slowly than at the beginning of the decade : equal gender representation is still a long way...
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 32-45
timely implementation as well as a more modern corporate organization. This way, new role models can be formed and gender …
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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies : growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45
The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the 60 largest insurance companies, the proportion increased by a good percentage point to almost ten percent. While growth on executive boards has been weakening in past years, it...
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Politics and gender in the executive suite
Cohen, Alma; Hazan, Moshe; Weiss, David - 2020
examine whether CEO political preferences are associated with gender diversity in the boardroom and find no such association …. This lack of association is consistent with CEOs' preferences having less influence over gender diversity in the boardroom … than over that of executives reporting to the CEO. Finally, examining the gender gaps in the level and performance …
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Work life balance up in the air : does gender make a difference between female and male international business travelers?
Kollinger-Santer, Iris; Fischlmayr, Iris C. - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung : ZfP 27 (2013) 3, pp. 195-223
Das Managen der Work-Life Balance (WLB) ist für immer mehr Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer als auch Personalabteilungen ein Thema geworden, da ein Ungleichgewicht zwischen Arbeit und “Nicht-Arbeit” nicht nur Leistung sowie die allgemeine Jobzufriedenheit reduzieren, sondern letztendlich...
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Gender quotas in the board room and firm performance : evidence from a credible threat in Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Jansson, Joakim - 2017 - This version: 2017-04-05
Board room quotas have recently received an increasing amount of attention. This paper provides novel evidence on firm performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms, of a quota law enacted by the Swedish deputy...
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While gender quotas for top positions in the private sector differ across EU countries, they are effective overall
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 32-39
This second report in the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer 2022 explores the designs and effects of gender quotas … 2021, this report shows that the group of nine EU countries that have introduced a gender quota has a significantly greater … calculations that take into account that certain factors differ by country, such as cultural norms regarding gender roles or labor …
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Gender diversity benefits supervisory board work of many companies
Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 3/4, pp. 32-38
to request additional information more often. Thus, gender diversity on supervisory boards can contribute to a board … gender equality. …
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