The corporate board glass ceiling: the role of empowerment and culture in shaping board gender diversity

In this study, we use a mixed methods research design to investigate how national cultural forces may impede or enhance the positive impact of females’ economic and political empowerment on increasing gender diversity of corporate boards. Using both a longitudinal correlation-based methodology and a...

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Authors: Lewellyn, Krista B. (Author) ; Muller-Kahle, Maureen I. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2020
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 165, Issue: 2, Pages: 329-346
Further subjects:B Masculinity
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
B Power Distance
B Board gender diversity
B Female empowerment
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Summary:In this study, we use a mixed methods research design to investigate how national cultural forces may impede or enhance the positive impact of females’ economic and political empowerment on increasing gender diversity of corporate boards. Using both a longitudinal correlation-based methodology and a configurational approach with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, we integrate theoretical mechanisms from gender schema and institutional theories to develop a mid-range theory about how female empowerment and national culture shape gender diversity on corporate boards around the world. With our configurational approach, we conceptually and empirically model the complexity that is associated with the simultaneous interdependencies, both complementary and substitutive ones, between female empowerment processes and various cultural dimensions. Our findings contribute unique insights to research focused on board gender diversity as well as provide information for firm decision makers and policymakers about possible solutions for addressing the continuing issue of the underrepresentation of women on corporate boards.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-019-04116-9