Quotas for Women on Corporate Boards: The Call for Change in Europe (eBook)

Irina Velkova (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
42 Seiten
Anchor Academic Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-95489-923-4 (ISBN)

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The debate for higher female representation on corporate boards has become particularly intensive during the recent financial crisis. Scholars advocate that women are more risk-averse, more engaged with longer-term issues and tend to draw more attention to governance and ethics. Thus, it is suggested that due to the behavioural differences between men and women, more gender-balanced boards would have prevented a number of financial collapses. This assertion has triggered more detailed analyses of current statistics for women on boards in the European Union. A number of states have implemented various non-binding measures for improving female representation on boards. This brought them acclaim, yet no discernible results. Should we indeed insist to have gender-balanced boards, we need quotas. Evidence is of strong support.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 3-95489-923-X / 395489923X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-95489-923-4 / 9783954899234