Women on corporate boards of directors international research and practice /

• Other Authors: Vinnicombe, Susan.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, c2008.
• Series: New horizons in management.
• Subjects: Women executives.; Businesswomen > Attitudes.; Boards of directors.; Directors of corporations.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Workplace Culture.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate Governance.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Development.; Electronic books.
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Explores the position of women on corporate boards and trends in different countries, including the USA, Canada, UK, France, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Jordan and Tunisia. This book reports the research on the experiences and different contributions made by women directors on co...

Table of Contents:

• COVER; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables and boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Women on corporate boards of directors: international issues and opportunities; PART I International perspectives; 1. Women board directors in the United States: an eleven year retrospective; 2. Women on corporate boards of directors: the Canadian perspective; 3. The pipeline to the board finally opens: women's progress on FTSE 100 boards in the UK; 4. Women on corporate boards of directors: the French perspective; 5. New Zealand women directors: many aspire but few succeed.