The Gender Quota and Female Leadership: Effects of the Norwegian Gender Quota on Board Chairs and CEOs

In this article, we use a sample of Norwegian quoted companies in the period of 2001–2010 to explore whether the gender quota requiring 40 % female directors on corporate boards changes the likelihood of women being appointed to top leadership roles as board chairs or corporate CEOs. Our empirical r...

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Authors: Wang, Mingzhu (Author) ; Kelan, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2013
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 117, Issue: 3, Pages: 449-466
Further subjects:B Female CEO
B Gender diversity
B Gender quota
B Female Board Chair
B Board of directors
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