WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS AND IN TOP MANAGEMENT by Colette Fagan (Editor), Maria Gonzalez Menendez (Editor), Silvia Gomez Anson (Editor) ( 9780230307735 )

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Title:

WOMEN ON CORPORATE BOARDS AND IN TOP MANAGEMENT
EUROPEAN TRENDS AND POLICY

By:

Colette Fagan (Editor), Maria Gonzalez Menendez (Editor), Silvia Gomez Anson (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

0230307736

ISBN 13:

9780230307735

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

13 April, 2012

Series:

Work and Welfare in Europe

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

66 black & white tables, 27 figures

Publication:

Imprint:

Palgrave Macmillan

Returns:

Non-returnable

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