Women Empowerment in India

Murali, Meena

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2658666

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“…As per role congruity theory, agentic profiles are preferred for the leadership positions (Bechtoldt et al, 2019). Females are therefore perceived less suitable for leadership positions (Gupta et al, 2018; Macarie & Moldovan, 2012) as they are less likely to have agentic leadership traits and top leadership roles do not fit the female gender stereotype (Jani & Deshpande, 2019; Panitapu, 2015).…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Women on Boards Scale: Cordons and Catalysts to Enter Boardroom

Sunita,

Jhunjhunwala

2023

Indian Journal of Corporate Governance

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The underrepresentation of women on corporate boards and its influencers is an under-researched area in Asia, with the absence of standard scales measuring the catalysts and cordons for women’s career progression to boards. The research paper aims to develop and validate a multidimensional scale to measure the influences impacting women’s representation on boards in the Indian context. A pool of items was generated after a thorough review of existing literature and discussion with the experts. The Women on Boards Scale (WOBS) was constructed and validated based on a quantitative study of 509 female and male employees working in companies in Delhi and NCR. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were applied for the study. The study confirms the structure of major barriers as individual, societal, and organisational barriers, along with the entry barriers that women face during entry or re-entry into the organization and enablers as well for women to reach boards. A comprehensive scale was constructed with significant psychometric properties to measure the barriers and enablers for women to reach boards. The scale provides a robust and useful tool for policymakers and corporations to improve gender diversity on corporate boards.

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Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Women on Boards Scale: Cordons and Catalysts to Enter Boardroom

Sunita,

Jhunjhunwala

2023

Indian Journal of Corporate Governance

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“…Whereas 82.14 for males and 65.46 for females showed notable gaps between policy implementation and actual practice on the ground. 5 Equal access to education for women is one of the important sources of empowerment and can be understood by the gender gap in literacy between men and women. A notable portion of the middle school girl nearly 40% in the age group of 15-18 years is skipping school due to poverty and the non-availability of schools near their home.…”

Section: Empowering Women By Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Women Empowerment in India and Nursing Profession as an Emerging Identity of Women’s Era

Kumar

Sharma²,

Kumari³

2022

JWES

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The paper is an effort to discuss some important aspects of women's empowerment in India and how the nursing profession is the flag bearer of women's journey to financial independence. In the past few decades’ women are the center of policies globally women. Women are more vocal than ever before about their equal share in social security, gender equity, and health. Women empowerment, in other words, is a way of conquering obstacles and increasing the ability to achieve acceptance and take an active part in decision-making related to her and their families. The lack of educational opportunities for women puts them behind in equal sharing of power and decision makes autonomy. Nursing is the choice of profession for women in India and the majority of nursing professionals are women in India and have a wider acceptance as a reputed profession in Indian society

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“…Just like good stewards who focus on the maximization of shareholders' wealth, women directors if present on corporate boards, maximise the shareholders' wealth. While examining the literature, it is found that there is a positive relationship between the percentage of women or minorities in boards and firm value (Carter et al, 2003;Panitapu, 2015;Schmid & Urban, 2018) . Literature also suggests that the presence of women directors on corporate boards matters for performance of companies as they follow diverse leadership styles like people development, role -modelling, inspiration, convey expectations and rewarding success, and participative decision-making as compared to their male counterparts, which strengthen performance of the organizations (Desvaux et al, 2017;Thomas et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As discussed above with the help of corporate governance theories that gender diversity on boards is beneficial for the organisation in various ways. There is a positive relationship between the percentage of women or minorities in boards and firm value (Carter et al, 2003;Panitapu, 2015;Schmid & Urban, 2018). Presence of women on corporate boards affects the working of corporate boards, firm's governance and performance.…”

Section: Political Theorymentioning

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Explaining the Business Case for Gender Diversity on Boards: Corporate Governance Theories Perspective

Sunita¹

2022

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the corporate governance theories and investigate the business case for gender diversity on corporate boards from the perspective of corporate governance theories. Extant literature on the topics of gender equality, corporate governance, corporate governance theories, women on corporate boards and their impact on governance and organisations has been reviewed and analysed to find support for the gender diversity on corporate boards. Most of the corporate governance theories support the business case for gender diversity on boards. Agency theory, stewardship theory, stakeholders theory, and resource dependency theory elucidate why presence of women directors on boards is good for business.Women directors are equivalent to independent directors, increase effectiveness of boards, improve firm performance and take care of the stakeholders' interest. Higher representation of women on boards brings value to the boards as well as organisation. Organisation should focus on the strategies to make corporate boards more gender diverse. This paper discusses the issues of gender equality, women empowerment and gender diversity on boards. It adds to the corporate governance literature by explaining and analysing corporate governance theories to explicate the business case for gender diversity on boards

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Women Empowerment in India

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Women on Boards Scale: Cordons and Catalysts to Enter Boardroom

Women on Boards Scale: Cordons and Catalysts to Enter Boardroom

The Women Empowerment in India and Nursing Profession as an Emerging Identity of Women’s Era

Explaining the Business Case for Gender Diversity on Boards: Corporate Governance Theories Perspective

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