Why Does Board Gender Diversity Matter and How Do We Get There? The Role of Shareholder Activism in Deinstitutionalizing Old Boys’ Networks

This essay bridges together social network and institutional perspectives to examine how women on boards, by breaking up directors’ homophilous (e.g., all-male) networks, contribute to board effectiveness. It proposes that through real and symbolic representations, women enhance perceptions of the b...

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Autor principal: Perrault, Elise (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2015
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 2015, Volumen: 128, Número: 1, Páginas: 149-165
Otras palabras clave:B corporate boards
B Institutional Change
B Social Networks
B Board diversity
B Women on boards
B Gobierno corporativo
B shareholder activism
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