Gender Diversity in the Boardroom Volume 2: Multiple Approaches Beyo
This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of multiple approaches beyond quotas for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards. Filling the gap in
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CATHRINE SEIERSTAD PATRICIA GABALDON HEIKE MENSI-KLARBACH
GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE BOARDROOM Volume 2: Multiple Approaches Beyond Quotas
Gender Diversity in the Boardroom
Cathrine Seierstad • Patricia Gabaldon • Heike Mensi-Klarbach Editors
Gender Diversity in the Boardroom Volume 2: Multiple Approaches Beyond Quotas
Editors Cathrine Seierstad School of Business and Management Queen Mary University of London London, UK
Patricia Gabaldon IE Business School IE University Madrid, Spain
Heike Mensi-Klarbach School of Economics and Management Leibniz Universität Hannover Hannover, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-57272-7 ISBN 978-3-319-57273-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57273-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945774 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
The year 2017 marks not only the sixtieth anniversary of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, by which the European Communities were instated; it also marks the beginning of the European commitment to gender equality. From a modest equal pay for equal work provision in the 1957 Treaty, protecting only economic agents, grew a broad and transversal European attachment to equality, that was enshrined in the Treaties as a fundamental value of the EU (cf. Article 2, Treaty on European Union [TEU]). This makes that today the European citizen is among the most protected in the world against any form of discrimination, with among others the right to equal pay for equal work, a right to parental leave, equality of access to social security, and a right to equal treatment in the labour market. This is a Eu
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