A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity

This paper gives an overview over the number of women serving on corporate boards both in Iceland and abroad. Women hold only around 20% of boards seats and similar number of women is in top managements. It will analyse the development and find plausible explanations of the present situation and int...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Main Author: Snorrason, Jón Snorri
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4
https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4
id fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1165
record_format openpolar
spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1165 2023-05-15T16:50:01+02:00 A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity Yfirlit um stöðu og áhrif jafnari kynjahlutfalla við stjórnun og í stjórnum fyrirtækja Snorrason, Jón Snorri 2012-06-15 application/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4 isl ice Stjórnsýslustofnun http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4/pdf_248 http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4 doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4 Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 8, Nr 1 (2012); 93-108 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 8, Nr 1 (2012); 93-108 1670-679X 1670-6803 Board members diversity women firm performance Stjórnir stjórnendur konur árangur info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2012 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4 2022-09-21T13:38:32Z This paper gives an overview over the number of women serving on corporate boards both in Iceland and abroad. Women hold only around 20% of boards seats and similar number of women is in top managements. It will analyse the development and find plausible explanations of the present situation and introduce recent research papers in this field and explore the impact of more diversity and on firm performance. Are more gender diverse boards likely to perform better then firms lacking the diversity? Will diversity and increased number of women on boards have positive influence on the number of women in top management positions in the same firms? The evidence in the research papers is inconclusive of the effects of gender diversity on firm performance, but better performing firms tend to have more women on the board. We will see positive relation between corporate and board size and the representation of women the boards but find the inverse relation in Iceland. The requirements by law that a minimum fraction of the firm´s board members to be of a certain gender will call for a dramatic improvement on the current situation. Finally we explore the possibilities in the ways firms will increase the number of women on boards to meet the mandating gender diversity before the deadline set by the regulators. Í þessari yfirlitsgrein er farið yfir stöðu kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja, bæði hér á landi og erlendis. Aðeins rúm 20% stjórnarsæta eru skipuð konum og svipað hlutfall er í hópi æðstu stjórnenda. Farið verður yfir þróun þessara mála og reynt að leita skýringa á stöðunni og hvernig hún getur breyst. Kynntar verða helstu rannsóknir sem hafa kannað hver áhrifin eru af fjölgun kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja. Ýmsum spurningum er velt upp, svo sem hvort fjölbreyttar stjórnir séu líklegri til að skila meiri rekstrarárangri, hvort stjórnhættir breytist með fjölbreytni og loks hvort fjölgun kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja muni leiða til þess að konum fjölgi í stöðum æðstu stjórnenda. Það liggur fyrir að þau fyrirtæki sem hafa konur ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Kvenna ENVELOPE(18.430,18.430,69.216,69.216) Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 8 1 93
institution Open Polar
collection University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals
op_collection_id fticelandunivojs
language Icelandic
topic Board members
diversity
women
firm performance
Stjórnir
stjórnendur
konur
árangur
spellingShingle Board members
diversity
women
firm performance
Stjórnir
stjórnendur
konur
árangur
Snorrason, Jón Snorri
A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
topic_facet Board members
diversity
women
firm performance
Stjórnir
stjórnendur
konur
árangur
description This paper gives an overview over the number of women serving on corporate boards both in Iceland and abroad. Women hold only around 20% of boards seats and similar number of women is in top managements. It will analyse the development and find plausible explanations of the present situation and introduce recent research papers in this field and explore the impact of more diversity and on firm performance. Are more gender diverse boards likely to perform better then firms lacking the diversity? Will diversity and increased number of women on boards have positive influence on the number of women in top management positions in the same firms? The evidence in the research papers is inconclusive of the effects of gender diversity on firm performance, but better performing firms tend to have more women on the board. We will see positive relation between corporate and board size and the representation of women the boards but find the inverse relation in Iceland. The requirements by law that a minimum fraction of the firm´s board members to be of a certain gender will call for a dramatic improvement on the current situation. Finally we explore the possibilities in the ways firms will increase the number of women on boards to meet the mandating gender diversity before the deadline set by the regulators. Í þessari yfirlitsgrein er farið yfir stöðu kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja, bæði hér á landi og erlendis. Aðeins rúm 20% stjórnarsæta eru skipuð konum og svipað hlutfall er í hópi æðstu stjórnenda. Farið verður yfir þróun þessara mála og reynt að leita skýringa á stöðunni og hvernig hún getur breyst. Kynntar verða helstu rannsóknir sem hafa kannað hver áhrifin eru af fjölgun kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja. Ýmsum spurningum er velt upp, svo sem hvort fjölbreyttar stjórnir séu líklegri til að skila meiri rekstrarárangri, hvort stjórnhættir breytist með fjölbreytni og loks hvort fjölgun kvenna í stjórnum fyrirtækja muni leiða til þess að konum fjölgi í stöðum æðstu stjórnenda. Það liggur fyrir að þau fyrirtæki sem hafa konur ...
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Snorrason, Jón Snorri
author_facet Snorrason, Jón Snorri
author_sort Snorrason, Jón Snorri
title A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
title_short A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
title_full A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
title_fullStr A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
title_full_unstemmed A Review of the Current Situation of Gender Diverse Corporate Boards and the Impact of More Diversity
title_sort review of the current situation of gender diverse corporate boards and the impact of more diversity
publisher Stjórnsýslustofnun
publishDate 2012
url http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4
https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4
long_lat ENVELOPE(18.430,18.430,69.216,69.216)
geographic Kvenna
geographic_facet Kvenna
genre Iceland
genre_facet Iceland
op_source Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 8, Nr 1 (2012); 93-108
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 8, Nr 1 (2012); 93-108
1670-679X
1670-6803
op_relation http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4/pdf_248
http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.1.4
doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4
op_doi https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.1.4
container_title Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
container_volume 8
container_issue 1
container_start_page 93
_version_ 1766040211268042752