Women on corporate boards of directors : international research and practice

Contents:Introduction: Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Issues and OpportunitiesRonald J. Burke and Susan VinnicombePART I: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES1. Women Board Directors in the United States: An Eleven Year RetrospectiveLois Joy2. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Canadian PerspectiveRonald J. Burke and Richard Lebranc3. The Pipeline to the Board Finally Opens: Women's Progress on FTSE 100 Boards in the UKRuth Sealy, Susan Vinnicombe and Val Singh4. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The French PerspectiveMairi Maclean and Charles Harvey5. New Zealand Women Directors: Many Aspire but Few SucceedRosanne Hawarden and Ralph Stablein6. 'Glacial at Best': Women's Progress on Corporate Boards in AustraliaAnne Ross-Smith and Jane Bridge7. The Quota Story: Five Years of Change in NorwayMarit Hoel8. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: The Icelandic PerspectiveThoranna Jonsdottir9. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors in Spanish Listed CompaniesCelia de Anca10. Contrasting Positions of Women Directors in Jordan and TunisiaVal SinghPART II: RESEARCH THEMES11. Championing the Discussion of Tough Issues: How Women Corporate Directors Contribute to Board DeliberationNancy McInerney-Lacombe, Diana Bilimoria and Paul F. Salipante12. Women Directors and the 'Black Box' of Board BehaviourMorten Huse13. Do Women Still Lack the 'Right' Kind of Human Capital for Directorships on the FTSE 100 Corporate Boards?Siri Terjesen, Val Singh and Susan Vinnicombe14. Examining Gendered Experiences Beyond the Glass Ceiling: The Precariousness of the Glass Cliff and the Absence of Rewards Michelle K. Ryan, Clara Kulich, S. Alexander Haslam, Mette D. Hersby and Catherine Atkins15. On the Progress of Corporate Women: Less a Glass Ceiling than a Bottleneck?Dan R. Dalton and Catherine M. Dalton16. ION: Organizational Networking to Harness Local Power for National ImpactSusan M. Adams, Patricia M. Flynn and Toni G. Wolfman17. Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Best Practice CompaniesHeather Foust-Cummings18. Critical Mass: Does the Number of Women on a Corporate Board Make a Difference?Sumru Erkut, Vicki W. Kramer and Alison M. KonradConclusion: Directions for Future Research on Women on Corporate Boards of DirectorsDiana Bilimoria