Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform

Teigen, Mari

doi:10.1108/s0195-6310(2012)0000029008

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“…A wide range of policies, both in terms of equality of access (such as equalopportunity strategies, including quotas) and substantive benefits (such as welfare) have been in place for decades. Quotas as a strategy for creating gender balance are used in areas of the labour market, politics and educational system (Teigen 2012). In Norway, several initiatives for increasing WoB have been implemented for decades (e.g.…”

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“…As a response, Teigen (2012) investigates how various countries are using different public policy initiatives to increase WoB. Building on diffusion theory in order to understand the complexity of factors influencing public debates and legal reforms, she addresses why the policy of using radical strategies to increase WoB has spread.…”

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Increasing the Number of Women on Boards: The Role of Actors and Processes

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Understanding the spread of national public policies to increase the percentage of women on boards is often presented using different types of institutional theory logic. However, the importance of the political games influencing these decisions has not received the same attention. In this article, we look beyond the institutional setting by focusing on the role of actors. We explore processes that include who the critical actors that drive and determine these policies are, and what motivates them to push for change. We employ a processual design approach using a longitudinal country-comparative case study exploring the case of Norway, England, Germany and Italy. We map the political games, both inside and outside legislative areas, including the micro-politics among various actors and groups of actors in the selected countries. Data are collected through participation observations, interviews and text analyses. The study contributes by filling important gaps in the literature by embedding the discussion about women on boards in politicking and national public policies and by introducing dynamic perspectives. Finally, by using a processual design approach, we capture the reality of the women on board debates at different points of time and in different actor and motivational contexts. The study has consequences for how policy-makers and businesses may follow up and act, based on the debates.

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“…4, Adams andKirchmaier (2013), and Terjesen, Aguilara, and Lorenz (2015) report that other countries have followed Norway's example and enacted similar laws or plan to do so. Teigen (2012) explains the quota law as an outgrowth of the Norwegian state feminist tradition, that is, the law was due to political pressure channelled through political parties. Terjesen et al (2015) likewise stress political institutions when explaining the uptake of legislation to end gender inequality in the boardroom.…”

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Gender discrimination before mandated quotas? Evidence from Norway: 1989–2002

Strøm

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Management

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“…Numerous studies have explored 5 the diffusion of policy innovations from one country to the next (e.g. Dobbin et al, 2007;Teigen, 2012, Weyland, 2005 Technology played a key role in our success … We realized that a smart and largeInternet presence was the best way to provide people with the opportunity and the tools to get involved in the campaign … Established tactics like press interviews, TV ads, and mail pieces would of course be an important part of our arsenal. But we put a huge premium on direct digital communication, as well as on the power of human beings' talking to human beings, online, on the phone, and at the door.…”

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Obama's Online Success and European Party Organizations: Adoption and Adaptation of U.S. Online Practices in the Norwegian Labor Party

Karlsen

2013

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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The author wishes to thank the JITP editors and anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments. influenced by Obama's online campaign and the US online practices. However, the practices were adjusted to an existing campaign style and organizational structure. Moreover, an essential part of the online strategy was a thematic network structure that aimed to lower the threshold for participation and thereby engage and activate party members, as well as recruit new members. Hence, US campaign practices diffuse to Norwegian electoral politics, and the adopted US practices are implemented based on the ideals of the 'net 3The increasing inclusion of the Internet and the new social media in election campaigning has received widespread attention, and especially so during the 2008 US primaries and presidential campaign. The apparent success of Barack Obama's online campaign created much speculation as to whether or not the success could be transferred and replicated in the political systems of Western Europe. This is also the backdrop for this article, and the approach is to discuss and study how party organizations are influenced by the US practices of the Obama online strategy, how adopted practices are adjusted to existing The diffusion of campaign practices from one campaign context to the next has been described by a "shopping model" (Farrell, 2002;Plasser, 2002). Political parties do not import a whole range of practices, but selectively shop electoral innovations from mostly the American market. However, due to institutional and cultural differences imported practices will be shaped and fuse with existing practices (Plasser, 2002;Karlsen 2010). The difference between the candidate centered US style and the party centered West-European style of campaigning is essential in this respect (Plasser, 2002 The article proceeds with an account of the diffusion of campaign practices and the hybridization perspective on campaign change, a discussion of political parties and online campaigning, and a section which discusses party models and online practices. In the empirical analysis the extent to which US practices were adopted by the Norwegian Labor Party and how these practices were adapted to the campaign environment and the existing party organization is scrutinized. In the final section of the paper I relate the findings to the framework sketched out initially. Diffusion of Campaign Practices and Campaign ChangeDiffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system (Rogers, 1995, p. 5). In this article we are interested in the diffusion of innovations between systems. Numerous studies have explored 5 the diffusion of policy innovations from one country to the next (e.g. Dobbin et al., 2007;Teigen, 2012, Weyland, 2005 Technology played a key role in our success … We realized that a smart and largeInternet presence was the best way to provide people with the opportunity and the tools to get involved in the campaign … Established tactics like p...

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Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform

Cited by 70 publications

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Increasing the Number of Women on Boards: The Role of Actors and Processes

Increasing the Number of Women on Boards: The Role of Actors and Processes

Gender discrimination before mandated quotas? Evidence from Norway: 1989–2002

Obama's Online Success and European Party Organizations: Adoption and Adaptation of U.S. Online Practices in the Norwegian Labor Party

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