Title:
Getting Women on to Corporate Boards : a Snowball Starting in Norway
Author:
Machold, Silke, editor.
ISBN:
9781782547921
9781782547945
9781782547938
Physical Description:
xv, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction Morten Huse and Marina Brogi PART I: THE NORWEGIAN POLITICAL BACKGROUND 1. The Political Process Behind the Gender Balance Law Morten Huse 2. Women on Board Laila Davoy 3. Women Mean Business: Why and How Norway Legislated Gender Balance on the Boards of Listed Companies Kirsti Bergsto 4. Concluding Remarks to Part I Morten Huse PART II: NORWEGIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY 5. Institutionalizing Women Representation on Boards: An Introduction to the Advocacy Movement Silke Machold 6. Competence at Board Level: The Norwegian Case Elbjorg Gui Standal 7. Professionalizing Boards: The Work of the Professional Boards Forum Elin Hurvenes 8. The Swiss Case of Women on Boards of Directors Christine Wetli 9. Female Stereotypes, Role Models and Public Depiction for Supporting the Climb Upwards: Italy and Women Corporate Directors (WCD) Cristina Finocchi Mahne 10. Research and Considerations Regarding Women on Boards Heather Foust-Cummings 11. Concluding Remarks to Part II Silke M achold PART III: NORWEGIAN BOARD MEMBERS: STORIES FROM THE FIELD 12. Characteristics and Background of the Norwegian Women Directors Morten Huse 13. Stories from Norwegian Multi-board Women Nini Hoegh Nergaard, Merete Lutken, Thorhild Widvey, Ingvild Myhre and Morten Huse a. Nini Hoegh Nergaard b. Merete Lutken c. Thorhild Widvey d. Ingvild Myhre 14. Concluding Remarks to Part III Morten Huse PART IV: LESSONS FROM RESEARCH ON GENDER ON BOARDS 15. Women on Boards: What We Know, What We Do Not Yet Know and How We Should Further Advance Knowledge Katrin Hansen 16. Women on Boards-- The United States in a Global Comparison Dorothy Perrin Moore 17. Consequences of the Norwegian Gender Quota Regulation for Public Limited Company Boards Vibeke Heidenreich 18. Women Directors and Corporate Innovation: A Critical Mass Perspective Mariateresa Torchia 19. Gender Balanced Corporate Boards Agnes Bolso, Hilde Bjorkhaug and Siri A yslebo Sorensen 20. Gender Wuotas on Corporate Boards in Norway, Necessary But Not Ideal Cathrine Seierstad 21. Legitimacy, Inclusion and Influence: Investigating Women Directors' Board Experiences Gro Ladegard 22. Lessons from Previous Research on 'Women on Board' for Future Research Andrea D. Buehrmann 23. Concluding Remarks on Part IV Katrin Hansen PART V: POLICY IMPLICATIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 24. Policy Approaches to Gender Diversity on Boards: An Introduction to Characteristics and Determinants Silke Machold and Katrin Hansen 25. Women on Boards-- Lessons Learnt from Norway Monika Schulz-Strelow 26. Professionalization on the Supervisory Board, Diversity and Women Daniela Weber-Rey 27. Italy's Lessons Learnt from Norway Marina Brogi 28. Women on Boards in UK -- Accelerating the Pace of Change? Ruth Sealy and Sue Vinnicombe 29. Winning the Board Game: Europe's Economy Needs More Women in Business Viviane Reding 30. Concluding Remarks to Part V Katrin Hansen and Silke Machold CONCLUSION Katrin Hansen and Silke Machold Index.
Abstract:
This book provides unique insights into how the idea of quota laws to get women on to corporate boards gained international momentum from its origins in Norway. Invaluable insights are gained through the stories of actors involved in shaping the discourse and practice on women of boards. In exploring political contexts, the role of the advocacy movement, experiences of women directors themselves and latest research findings, the contributors provide a comprehensive overview of the rationales, processes and outcomes of formal approaches to gender diversity on boards. Drawing on insights from political, business and academic actors, the book discusses how and why the Norwegian law on gender equality on corporate boards is turning into a blueprint for action internationally. Getting Women on to Corporate Boards will prove an invaluable resource for policy-makers, principle-setters, practitioners and students interested in the international lessons from Norway, as well as for current and potential women directors.
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