Gender diversity on boards in Norway and the UK: A different approach or a case of path dependency

Rita  Goyal; Nada Kakabadse; Filipe Morais; Andrew Kakabadse

Gender diversity on boards in Norway and the UK: A different approach or a case of path dependency

Rita Goyal, Nada Kakabadse, Filipe Morais, Andrew Kakabadse

University of Reading

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A number of countries have taken initiatives to improve gender diversity on their corporate boards. This intervention was considered essential to promote mentoring and educational development of women leaders, and also due to higher media attention and political pressure (Grosvold et al., 2007). Diversity management in these countries has been carried out in one of three ways, namely coercive (through legal intervention), liberal (seeking voluntary corporate commitment) and collaborative (cooperative measures in cooperation with stakeholders) (Whitehead and Normand, 2011). Norway is the first country to adopt mandatory gender quotas on boards of their public companies (Ahern and Dittmar, 2012), while the UK has achieved it through voluntary targets adopted by companies on recommendations by regulatory agencies (Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (DBIS, 2015).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Women on Corporate Boards:
Subtitle of host publication	An International Perspective
Editors	Maria Aluchna , Guler Aras
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Pages	33-49
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315183701
ISBN (Print)	9781138740181
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2018

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Gender diversity on boards in Norway and the UK: A different approach or a case of path dependency. / Goyal, Rita ; Kakabadse, Nada; Morais, Filipe et al.
Women on Corporate Boards: An International Perspective . ed. / Maria Aluchna ; Guler Aras. 1. ed. Routledge, 2018. p. 33-49 2.

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