Women on corporate boards and in top management [electronic resource] : European trends and policy /
Fagan, Colette.author.
González Menèndez, Maria.author.
Gómez Ansón, Silvia.author.
Menèndez, M. González.editor.
Ansón, S. Gómez.editor.
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.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Funding Reference; 1 Introduction; 2 Women on Boards in Europe: Past, Present and Future; 3 The Women on Boards in Europe Project: Aims, Methodology and Implications; 4 Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway: Innovative Gender Equality Policy; 5 Surge Under Threat: The Rapid Increase of Women on Swedish Boards of Directors; 6 Individual Competence and Official Support: Women on Company Boards in Finland; 7 Women's Representation on the Boards of UK-Listed Companies
8 Women in Top Management in France: A Time of Change?9 Spain on the Norwegian Pathway: Towards a Gender-Balanced Presence of Women on Corporate Boards; 10 Women's Under-Representation in Top Management Jobs in Slovenia: New and Persisting Barriers for Younger Generations of Women; 11 Women in Management: The Hungarian Case; 12 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political sociology.
Industrial sociology.
Management.
Comparative politics.
European Union.
Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Sociology of Work.
Management.
Comparative Politics.
European Union Politics.
Gender Studies.