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We want to explore the role of
women in a changing corporate
environment. whether this will
affect the ability of women to
secure and successfully retain
positions within corporations,
but also seeks to analyze
whether having women in various
corporate roles has any impact
on the manner in which the
corporation responds to these
new changes and
responsibilities.
The Eastern Finance Association
found “an important association
between firm performance and the
presence of women on boards of
directors.” The report also
found “statistically significant
positive relationships between
the presence of women or
minorities on the board and firm
value” and concluded that
“Overall, our results provide
important evidence of a positive
relation between firm value and
diversity on the board of
directors.”
Because of their life and work
experiences, women bring unique
perspectives to the boardroom
and different approaches to the
deliberation process. And these
new perspectives and fresh
insights can lead to better
decision-making.
According to a study on Women on
Boards in Philadelphia Area
Public Companies, Women are more
likely to hold positions on
boards than to hold executive or
c-level positions. In all but
one of the categories with more
than three, less than 40 percent
of the companies have no women
board members; at least 60
percent have women board
members. On the other hand, with
the exception of the Life
Science/Bio/Pharm category, at
least 50 percent of the
companies have no women
executives and no women c-level
executives.
_ Life Science/Bio/Pharmacy is
the only category in which women
sit on the boards of all of the
companies. Companies in this
category report the lowest
proportion of companies with no
women executives and no women
c-level executives and report
the highest representation,
proportionally, of women holding
20 percent or more of both
executive and c-level positions.
_ Technology/Telecommunications
have the fewest women at all
levels of corporate governance,
with 50 percent or more of
companies in this category
having no women board members,
no women executives, and no
women c-level executives.
_ The other categories, Consumer
Goods, Financial Services,
Healthcare, Manufacturing, and
Utilities are about even in
terms of their proportion of
women on boards and in executive
and c-level positions. Some 20
to 30 percent have no women
board members, 40 to 60 percent
have no women executives, and
more than 50 percent have no
women c-level executives
Resources
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From Margins to Mainstream: From
Gender Statistics to Engendering
Statistical Systems
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