Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology
There is continued concern in Australia over the low representation of women on corporate boards. A range of strategies have been proposed to address a perceived need to provide training for ‘board ready’ women. One program is the provision of scholarships to complete a recognised company director’s...
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| author | Marinelli, Mellisa Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese |
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| description | There is continued concern in Australia over the low representation of women on corporate boards. A range of strategies have been proposed to address a perceived need to provide training for ‘board ready’ women. One program is the provision of scholarships to complete a recognised company director’s program. Underlying this approach is an implied assumption that undertaking a company director’s course will lead to board appointments. This paper presents findings from interviews with six of ten women who won scholarships to undertake the course. Contrary to expectations, completion of the course did not lead to board seeking behaviour for most study participants. A conceptual typology to describe the board seeking behaviours has been developed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-390762023-02-07T08:01:20Z Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology Marinelli, Mellisa Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese Raj Pillai Mustafa Ozbilgin Bill Harley Charmine Hartel Gender and leadership non-executive directors board of directors board composition board context There is continued concern in Australia over the low representation of women on corporate boards. A range of strategies have been proposed to address a perceived need to provide training for ‘board ready’ women. One program is the provision of scholarships to complete a recognised company director’s program. Underlying this approach is an implied assumption that undertaking a company director’s course will lead to board appointments. This paper presents findings from interviews with six of ten women who won scholarships to undertake the course. Contrary to expectations, completion of the course did not lead to board seeking behaviour for most study participants. A conceptual typology to describe the board seeking behaviours has been developed. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39076 ANZAM fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Gender and leadership non-executive directors board of directors board composition board context Marinelli, Mellisa Lord, Linley Jefferson, Therese Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title | Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title_full | Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title_fullStr | Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title_short | Womens Board Seeking Behaviour: A Conceptual Typology |
| title_sort | womens board seeking behaviour: a conceptual typology |
| topic | Gender and leadership non-executive directors board of directors board composition board context |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39076 |