Gender and Corporate Boards - Scarlett Brown, Elisabeth Kelan

Gender and Corporate Boards

The Route to A Seat at The Table
Buch | Hardcover
152 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-65244-6 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
The lack of women on boards has galvanised much public and policy interest, which has led to many countries introducing quotas for women on boards, or to concerted voluntary action. However the way that directors are appointed remains opaque and prone to the influence of gender.

Using a social constructionist understanding of gender and a discourse analysis, Gender and Corporate Boards explores the board appointment process through the experiences of women and men seeking non-executive board roles. The book is unique in that it traces board-ready candidates, who have been vetted by an executive search firm, over an 18-month period. By taking a longitudinal and prospective view rather than retrospective and snapshot, it provides deep analysis of how the board appointment process is gendered. This volume privileges the voices of those who are seeking board roles to show how they make sense of an unpredictable and complex process.

Gender and Corporate Boards first analyses how aspirant board candidates see themselves in relation to the market, through exploring their perceptions of the ideal board member and how they position themselves towards this ideal. Second, the book shows how candidates must leverage their networks to get board appointments, and that the process is gendered: women and men receive different benefits from their networks. Third, the book explores how the participants make sense of success and failure and how their justifications are also gendered.

The book will be of interest to those seeking to understand dynamics of gender on boards as well as those interested in gender and leadership more broadly.

Scarlett Brown is an independent researcher specialising in diversity, corporate governance, and business as a force for good in society. Elisabeth Kelan is Professor of Leadership and Organisation at Essex Business School, University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter 1 - Golden Times for Women on Boards?

Chapter 2 – Gender and Corporate Boards

Chapter 3 - The Ideal Board Member

Chapter 4 – The Art of Networking

Chapter 5 - Leaning In and Sitting Back

Chapter 6 – Gender and the Pathway to the Boardroom

Appendices

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 316 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-138-65244-X / 113865244X
ISBN-13 978-1-138-65244-6 / 9781138652446
Zustand Neuware
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