Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gen...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1926 2023-05-15T16:47:57+02:00 Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas Einarsdóttir, Þorgerður J. Rafnsdóttir, Gudbjörg LINDA Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét Stjórnmálafræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Political Science (UI) Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindastofnun (HÍ) Social Science Research Institute (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2019-04-01 285-313 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1926 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X1800106X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Politics & Gender;16(1) https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743923X1800106X Einarsdóttir, Þ, Rafnsdóttir, G., & Valdimarsdóttir, M. (2020). Structural Hindrances or Less Driven Women? Managers’ Views on Corporate Quotas. Politics & Gender, 16(1), 285-313. doi:10.1017/S1743923X1800106X 1743-923X 1743-9248 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1926 Politics & Gender doi:10.1017/S1743923X1800106X info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Kynjakvótar Jafnréttismál Stjórnir Konur info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1926 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X1800106X 2022-11-18T06:51:59Z Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gender and leadership positions after a gender quota law for company boards was implemented in 2013. We explore support for gender quotas and whether it is related to how respondents explain women's underrepresentation in leadership positions. A questionnaire was sent to 1,349 managers in the 250 largest companies in Iceland. Our findings indicate that women are more supportive of gender quotas than men. The way in which the respondents explain the underrepresentation of women as top managers is strongly related to their support for gender quotas. Those who believe that women are structurally disadvantaged are more likely to support gender quotas than those who adhere to individual explanations. Furthermore, male dominance at higher company levels is related to negative views on gender quotas, whereas this does not apply at lower levels. The research emphasizes the impact of business leaders on the recruitment of women to business leadership positions and, at the same time, has implications for policy interventions. Peer Reviewed Post-print Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) Politics & Gender 16 1 285 313 |
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Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) High levels of women in politics and paid work, together with the availability of paid parental leave and public child care, make the gender imbalance in business leadership in Iceland all the more confounding. This study analyzes business leaders’ attitudes toward gender and leadership positions after a gender quota law for company boards was implemented in 2013. We explore support for gender quotas and whether it is related to how respondents explain women's underrepresentation in leadership positions. A questionnaire was sent to 1,349 managers in the 250 largest companies in Iceland. Our findings indicate that women are more supportive of gender quotas than men. The way in which the respondents explain the underrepresentation of women as top managers is strongly related to their support for gender quotas. Those who believe that women are structurally disadvantaged are more likely to support gender quotas than those who adhere to individual explanations. Furthermore, male dominance at higher company levels is related to negative views on gender quotas, whereas this does not apply at lower levels. The research emphasizes the impact of business leaders on the recruitment of women to business leadership positions and, at the same time, has implications for policy interventions. Peer Reviewed Post-print |
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Stjórnmálafræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Political Science (UI) Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindastofnun (HÍ) Social Science Research Institute (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
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