Screen LibraryFirms, boards and gender quotas：comparative perspectives
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Emerald,
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| Publisher Address: | Bingley, U.K. |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Comparative social research ; v. 29 |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 265 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781780526720 (hc.) 1780526725 |
| Index Number: | C913 |
| CLC: |
C913.68 F243 |
| Call Number: | C913.68/F525 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. ch. 1. Top down or bottom up? : a cross-national study of vertical occupational sex segregation in 12 European countries / Andrea Scha fer, Ingrid Tucci, Karin Gottschall -- ch. 2. Modes of familism : gender, family capitalism and family culture / Jorun Solheim, Ragnhild Steen Jensen -- ch. 3. Family, labour market structures and the dynamics of self-employment in three Asian countries : gender differences in the self-employment entry in Japan, Korea and Taiwan / Hirohisa Takenoshita -- ch. 4. Gender quotas on corporate boards : on the diffusion of a distinct national policy reform / Mari T During the last decade gender equality in business life has become a hot topic. One impetus is the recent reform in Norway, prescribing gender quotas to the boards of directors of public companies. Shortly after the Norwegian reform was enacted, several other European countries have adopted similar reforms. This is the only volume where this gender quota reform is thoroughly discussed from an economic, political and philosophical point of view. It looks at whether the economic performance of companies is influenced, positively or negatively. The reasons why it has been embraced in some count |