Gender Diversity and Board Performance: Women's Experiences and Perspectives
基于对英国、美国和加纳30家公司的定性研究，发现董事会中少数女性对绩效影响不显著，但主席在推动多样性招聘和评估中起关键作用，并揭示了女性董事抵制性别配额的多重原因。
Despite considerable progress that organizations have made during the past 20 years to increase the representation of women at board level, they still hold few board seats. Drawing on a qualitative study involving 30 companies with women directors in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ghana, we investigate how the relationship between gender in the boardroom and corporate governance operates. The findings indicate that the presence of a minority of women on the board has an insignificant effect on board performance. Yet the chairperson's role is vital in leading the change for recruiting and evaluating candidates and their commitment to the board with diversity and governance in mind. Our study also sheds light on the multifaceted reasons why women directors appear to be resisting the discourse of gender quotas. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.