Essays about: "diversity in boards"

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  1. 6. What Really Matters in the Boardroom?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Stakeberg; Josefine Gunnarsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Board of Directors; Board Effectiveness; Board Size; Gender Diversity; Multiple Directorships; Independence; Foreign Directors; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The composition and lack of diversity on corporate boards has for years been scrutinized. In light of multiple corporate scandals, what it takes to make a board effective has been a hot topic of debate. READ MORE

  3. 7. Breaking the Bank : A study of career barriers among women in the commercial banking sector.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Matilda Jonsson; Wilma Jangren; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender diversity; Barriers; Glass ceiling; Top Management; Banking sector; Becker’s theory of discrimination; Social role theory; System justification theory;

    Abstract : Background - Women are underrepresented in top management positions all over the globe. This also applies to Sweden, despite the country's long progressive and high material prosperity. This situation is particularly evident in the banking sector, where women represent approximately half of the workforce. READ MORE

  4. 8. Are Gender Board Quotas Effective? A Synthetic Control Method Analysis of the Italian Case.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Letizia Avanzini; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender board quota; labour market; inequality.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The lack of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector is widespread throughout Europe. In this thesis, I study the efficacy of the Italian Gender Board Quota law no. 120/2011 in reducing such disparity in the Italian context. READ MORE

  5. 9. Breaking the glass ceiling : How to increase diversity in boards of directors in small and medium-sized enterprises in Denmark

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Casper Mose Hansen; Clementina Chifuel Manasseh; [2021]
    Keywords : Boards of Directors; Breaking the glass ceiling; Open Positions; Quotas; Diversity; Small and medium-sized companies; Networks; Culture.;

    Abstract : Breaking the glass ceiling of boards of directors has been a hot topic globally for over a decade without any significant results. With an increase in demand for sustainable companies, the current composition of most of the boards of directors is contradictory, where homogeneous boards of directors are more a rule than an exception. READ MORE

  6. 10. Gender diversity and corporate sustainability disclosures in Swedish listed companies : A quantitative study examining female representation on boards and in the CEO role and their effects on corporate sustainability disclosures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fatima Al-Ramahi; Ehsan Alkhatib; [2021]
    Keywords : Corporate Sustainability Disclosures; Women; Female Representation; Gender Diversity; Board of Directors; Chief Executive Officer; Critical Mass;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between female representation, women as chief executive officers, and corporate sustainability disclosures in Swedish listed companies. The used data was collected from the Swedish listed companies in Nasdaq Stockholm for the period 2017-2020. READ MORE