Women on corporate boards and in top management [electronic resource] : European trends and policy / edited by Colette Fagan, Maria González Menéndez, Silvia Gómez Ansón.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Fagan, Colette, González Menéndez, Maria, 1969-, Gómez Ansón, Silvia, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Work and welfare in Europe.
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Table of Contents:
  • Series Preface
  • Funding Reference
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction; M. González Menéndez, C. Fagan and S. G̤ómez Ans̤ón
  • Women on European Boards; S. G̤ómez Ans̤ón
  • The Women on Boards in Europe Project: Aims, Methodology and Limitations; M. González Menéndez & L. Martínez González
  • Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway ₆ Innovative Gender Equality Policy; M. Teigen
  • Surge Under Threat ₆ The Rapid Increase in Women on Swedish Boards of Directors; L. Bohman, M. Bygren & C. Edling
  • Individual Competence and Official Support: Women on Boards in Finland; P. Korvajarvi
  • Women's Representation on the Boards of UK Listed Companies; N. Teasdale, C. Fagan & C. Shepherd
  • Women in Top Management in France: Still Waiting for Change; M. Smith, P. Srinivasan & K. Zhuk
  • Women on Boards of Spanish Listed Companies; M. González Menéndez & L. Martínez González
  • New and Persisting Barriers for Younger Generations of Women in Management in Slovenia; A. Mrcela, B. Luar & S.muc
  • Women in Management
  • The Hungarian Case; B. Nagy
  • Conclusions; C. Fagan & M. González Menéndez.