Essays about: "female underrepresentation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the words female underrepresentation.

  1. 11. Managerial representation: Are Women Better Off in the Public or the Private Sector? : A quantitative study of gender inequality in managerial authority in the Swedish welfare state service industries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Claésson; [2019]
    Keywords : Managerial authority; gender gap; Sweden; public sector; private sector;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Sweden has seen a rapid increase in the share of health care, education and social care that is delivered by privately-owned companies. Such privatisation of welfare state services has by some of its advocators been viewed as a means to enhance gender equality in labour market outcomes; one of them being access to managerial positions. READ MORE

  3. 12. Towards Equal Participation in Leadership - An empirical study on the short-term effects of a mandatory gender quota on supervisory boards in Germany

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Harini Annadanam; Aylin Shawkat; [2019]
    Keywords : Demand and supply of labor; labor discrimination; economics of gender; firm performance; firm employment decisions;

    Abstract : With growing pressure for policy makers to address the underrepresentation of women in corporate leadership roles, it is important to analyze the effectiveness of board quotas as a demand-side intervention. This thesis examines the short-term effects of a mandatory gender quota on supervisory boards implemented in Germany in January 2016. READ MORE

  4. 13. “Recoding Gender”: The intersectional experience of female immigrant programmers in the Swedish IT sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Yanwei Zhu; [2019]
    Keywords : programming; IT; immigrant women; technofeminism; intersectionality; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Computer programming is historically constructed as a male domain, and the underrepresentation of women and other marginalised minorities is recognised as a global phenomenon in most countries of the world. However, limited attention has been paid to women who choose to enter this field. READ MORE

  5. 14. WOMEN AND POWER OF DIRECTORS: HOW IT AFFECTS FINANCIAL OUTCOMES OF FIRMS : A Quantitative Study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Mariia Buzynna; Jennie Samberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Female directors; Performance; Power;

    Abstract : Gender equality is widely discussed topic in the modern society, and the issue of female underrepresentation on corporate boards has been discussed for decades. Previous research, on one hand, is focused on non-financial contribution of women on boards, such as improvement of communication, decision-making, stronger focus on CSR and stakeholder orientation etc. READ MORE

  6. 15. WACC: Where Are the Corporate Chicks? A study on female presence within corporate finance and banks' efforts to increase it.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Ida Hanhirova; Isabel Thelin; [2019]
    Keywords : Employer Branding; Gender Diversity; Recruitment Advertisement; Women in Finance;

    Abstract : The financial industry, especially corporate finance, has historically been perceived as somewhat male-dominated. During recent years however, attention has been drawn to increased efforts to achieving gender equality among professionals within finance, followed by debates regarding the importance of it. READ MORE