More Women on Boards: An International Perspective (hc)

ISBN-13: 9781641134064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 322 str.

Lynne E. Devnew;Marlene Janzem Le Ber;Mariateresa Torchia

Spis treści

• Introduction, Lynne E. Devnew, Marlene Janzen Le Ber, Mariateresa Torchia and Ronald J. Burke.
• Part I: Why Have Women On Boards? Do Women on Boards Create Value for the Organization? A Review of the Literature, Emmanuel Zenou.
• The Business Utility Case for Women on Boards: Going Beyond the Surface, Morten Huse.
• Group Level Androgyny: One Way for Boards of Directors to Navigate the Paradoxes in Complex Decision-Making? Danielle Mercer, Catherine Loughlin, and Kara A. Arnold.
• Part II: Why Is Adding Women To Boards So Challenging? Mimetic Isomorphism of Board Gender Diversity in the World, Amalia Carrasco and Claude Francoeur.
• Directors’ Discursive Resistance to Gender Board Quota: The Belgian Case, Hannelore Roos and Patrizia Zanoni.
• Why Are There So Few Women on Boards? Voices From the Boardroom in the United States, Vasilia Vasiliou and Susan M. Adams.
• Chinese Women’s Representation on Corporate Boards of Directors and Institutional Interventions, Zhi Luan.
• Women Board Directors: Africa on the Rise, Rosemary M. Muriungi.
• Part III: What Actions Increase The Number Of Women On Boards? Those Who Serve and Those Who Aspire to Serve: Looking Back, Looking Ahead, Siri Terjesen, Heather Foust- Cummings, and Lauren Trombetta.
• Women’s Pathway to the Boardroom: The Intermediary Role of Executive Search Firms, Tanja Reimer.
• Preparing Women for Corporate Boards in the Biotechnology Industry, Lynn Johnson Langer, Carolyn Brougham, and Dawn Hocevar.
• Analysis of the Perceived Role and Value of Women’s Support Networks in Helping Women Gain a Board Position, Ruth Sacks and Fatima Maatwk.
• Nonprofit Board Membership: Benefits for Women’s Career and Leadership Development, Wendy M. Murphy and Danna Greenberg.
• Using Power and Influence to Create Gender Diverse Boardrooms: The Role of Public Policy, Vicki W. Kramer and Seletha R. Butler.
• Part IV: What Can We Learn From Situations Where There Are Women Board Members? When Women Lead: Cultivating Diversity From the Top, Malli Gero and Evelyn Garrity.
• The Adaptive Gender: Female CEOs, Board Context, and the Completion of M&As in the U.S. Food Industry, Gerwin van der Laan, Katrin Muehlfeld, and Anna Salomons.
• Women Directors’ Perceptions of Their Contributions on Boards: An Exploratory Study From India, Vasanthi Srinivasan and Rejie George.
• Leadership in Governance: Women Board Chairs, Monique Cikaliuk, Ljiljana Erakovi?, Brad Jackson, Chris Noonan, and Susan Watson.
• About the Editors.
• About the Contributors