Board Committee Membership: Effects of Sex-Based Bias

Bilimoria, Diana; Piderit, Sandy Kristin

doi:10.5465/256795

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“…This suggests that women board members' influence over corporate strategy may be limited when it comes to more technical issues. Previous research finds that men are more likely to value women's contributions on issues related to “soft” governance, such as human resource management, and less likely to appreciate women's expertise on technical or “hard” governance issues, like product development or technical innovation (Gailbreath, , p. 23; see also Bilimoria & Piderit, ). Our findings may provide support for this perspective.…”

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Do women leaders promote positive change? Analyzing the effect of gender on business practices and diversity initiatives

Glass

Cook

2017

Human Resource Management

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While most scholarship on gender leadership diversity and organizational outcomes considers the impact of board composition on firm performance, we consider the impact of women CEOs and board members together on a range of organizational outcomes. We test three competing theoretical perspectives related to gender in organizations: gender difference, homophily, and diversity. We rely on a unique data set of CEO characteristics, board composition and firm outcomes of all Fortune 500 companies from 2001 to 2010. We find that firms with women CEOs or gender diverse boards are associated with stronger business and equity practices. We also find that gender diverse leadership teams demonstrate stronger business and equity outcomes than teams characterized by gender homophily.

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Do women leaders promote positive change? Analyzing the effect of gender on business practices and diversity initiatives

Glass

Cook

2017

Human Resource Management

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“…Studies of women directors are to a large degree descriptive benchmarking studies, but there are also various studies that follow the larger corporate governance literature, generally engaging in quantitative input-output studies based on archival data (Bilimoria and Pederit, 1994;Burke, 1994;Fondas and Sassalos, 1996). These studies aim at showing that corporations benefit from having women on their boards by showing relationships between the existence or ratio of women directors and corporate financial or social performance.…”

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Gender‐related boardroom dynamics

Huse

Solberg

2006

Women in Management Review

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Purpose -The objective of this article is to examine and conceptualise gender-related boardroom dynamics that affect how women can make contributions on corporate boards. Design/methodology/approach -Stories were collected from eight women directors about their experiences from more than 100 corporate boards. Narrative methods were used in the data analysis. Findings -Women as well as men need to understand the power game inside and outside the boardroom. Their contribution depends on the ability and willingness to make alliances with the most influential actors, to spend time on preparations, being present on the most important decision-making arenas, and to take leadership roles. Practical implications -The study has implications for theory as well as practice. Process-oriented theories should be included in studies of boards and governance, and the study showed that boardroom dynamics are not neutral to gender. Concepts and relationships are suggested that should be included in further theory development. The study has also given several practical examples and suggestions on how women can make contributions on corporate boards. Originality/value -The study has value for developing the role of women directors.

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“…The differences are not only regarding the progress of women on the corporate boards, but also in case of participation of women in the various board committees (Kesner, 1988;Bilimoria and Piderit, 1994;Peterson and Philpot, 2007). Although some countries such as US and New Zealand have seen some improvement in the presence of women on the corporate boards, yet the number of women directors is far lower than the number of men directors.…”

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Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

Kang

Payal

2012

Indian Journal of Corporate Governance

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The paper aims to comprehend the research work carried out about women directors to identify and highlight various issues, such as; status of women directors, factors hindering the growth of women directors, benefits of having women directors, strategies to promote women participation and directions for future research. The paper clears that the representation of women on the corporate boards across the globe is very low. Role perception, male dominance and stereotypes, proportion of women in management positions, mentoring and networking opportunities, nature of industries, size of the organization and board and a range of other factors determine the participation of women on the corporate boards. Awareness for social philanthropy, less incidences of sexual harassment, motivating women employees and improved corporate performance are the different benefits an organization can drive from having more women at the corporate boards.The primary purpose of this review paper is to comprehend the research work carried out about women directors, in order to identify and highlight the various issues associated with women directors and suggesting areas for future research. Burke (1993) reviewed the writings and research that pertained specifically to women on corporate boards. He stated that research on corporate boards, in general, has been limited and studies that consider women directors have been few. He examined characteristics of women directors and change in those characteristics; how women directors were being selected; reasons among women for joining or refusing to join and serve on boards; reasons for having few/more women on boards; do women on board make a difference and future research directions. Since then many more studies have been conducted which have probed various women director related issues, such as; the status of women directors on the boards, reasons for less representation of women on corporate boards, benefits of having women on corporate boards and effects of higher representation of women on the corporate philanthropy. The present review of research literature focuses on status of women on corporate boards, factors affecting the advancement of women on corporate boards and benefits derived from having women on corporate boards.

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Board Committee Membership: Effects of Sex-Based Bias

Cited by 116 publications

References 22 publications

Do women leaders promote positive change? Analyzing the effect of gender on business practices and diversity initiatives

Do women leaders promote positive change? Analyzing the effect of gender on business practices and diversity initiatives

Gender‐related boardroom dynamics

Women on Corporate Boards: A Literature Review

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