TY - CHAP
T1 - Women on boards in Australia
T2 - achieving real change or more of the same?
AU - Sheridan, Alison J
AU - Ross-Smith, Anne
AU - Lord, Linley
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Board roles are often framed as the ultimate career achievement for 'successful' corporate leaders (Stern and Westphal, 2010). Women's limited access to the most senior levels of organizations, including the board level, is well recognized internationally (Davies et al., 2011; Deloitte, 2011) and responses to women's under-representation differ across countries. The governments of Iceland, Israel, Norway and Spain have opted to legislate for women's representation on boards, to varying degrees and with varying timelines for compliance (Catalyst, 2012; Governance Metrics International, 2013). Other countries, such as Sweden, Finland, the UK and the USA have elected to take a more 'hands off' approach, with efforts to increase women's access to boards focusing more on self-regulation than government intervention. Following a surge in calls for quotas to be applied in Australian boardrooms in 2009 (Broderick, 2009; Fox, 2013), it is this more self-regulatory approach that has been followed in Australia.
AB - Board roles are often framed as the ultimate career achievement for 'successful' corporate leaders (Stern and Westphal, 2010). Women's limited access to the most senior levels of organizations, including the board level, is well recognized internationally (Davies et al., 2011; Deloitte, 2011) and responses to women's under-representation differ across countries. The governments of Iceland, Israel, Norway and Spain have opted to legislate for women's representation on boards, to varying degrees and with varying timelines for compliance (Catalyst, 2012; Governance Metrics International, 2013). Other countries, such as Sweden, Finland, the UK and the USA have elected to take a more 'hands off' approach, with efforts to increase women's access to boards focusing more on self-regulation than government intervention. Following a surge in calls for quotas to be applied in Australian boardrooms in 2009 (Broderick, 2009; Fox, 2013), it is this more self-regulatory approach that has been followed in Australia.
KW - Public Policy
KW - Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/214287736
U2 - 10.4337/9781782547709.00029
DO - 10.4337/9781782547709.00029
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781782547709
SN - 9781782547686
T3 - Research Handbooks in Business and Management
SP - 322
EP - 340
BT - Handbook of Gendered Careers in Management : Getting In, Getting On, Getting Out
A2 - M Broadbridge, Adelina
A2 - L Fielden, Sandra
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
CY - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
ER -