Gender and Corporate Governance

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Illustrations
Preface
1 Women and governance
2 Women in business
	2.1. History of women in companies and the glass ceiling
	2.2. Gender entrepreneurship
	Notes
3 Gender board diversity: Current situation
	3.1. Gender diversity in the board of directors: regulation
		3.1.1. Codes of corporate governance: general recommendations  on gender board diversity
		3.1.2. Specific targets on female board representation
	3.2. Gender diversity in the board of directors: the current situation
		3.2.1. Women in the boardroom
		3.2.2. Women as chief executive officers
	Notes
4 Women’s contribution to boards: A theoretical approach
	4.1. Agency theory
	4.2. Stakeholder theory
	4.3. Psychological theories
	4.4. Resource dependence theory
	4.5. Institutional theory
	4.6. Stewardship theory
	4.7. Signalling theory
	4.8. Tokenism perspective
	4.9. Group phenomena perspective
5 Measures for gender board diversity
	Note
6 The effect of board gender composition: Empirical evidence
	6.1. Board gender diversity and firm financial performance
	6.2. Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility
	6.3. Board gender diversity and other business strategies
	6.4. A contextual approach: potential moderators of the influence of female directors
	6.5. The effect of women directors’ particular characteristics
	Note
7 Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index