Gender and Corporate Boards

The Route to A Seat at The Table
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-65244-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Scarlett (King's College London, UK)

Brown, Scarlett

Kelan, Elisabeth

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.