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Irish Women Underrepresented in Directorships

  • 03-06-2017 11:46am
    #1
    Black Swan
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    Only 1-in-10 or 10% of corporate directorships were held by women in Ireland, placing Ireland 16th in the world behind 1st Norway with 36% and last Japan at 3%. Why were women several times more underrepresented in Ireland than Norway in terms of corporate directorships? What were the differences between Ireland and Norway in terms of how these national cultures see woman occupying directorships?


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  • #2
    mzungu
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    Black Swan wrote: »
    Only 1-in-10 or 10% of corporate directorships were held by women in Ireland, placing Ireland 16th in the world behind 1st Norway with 36% and last Japan at 3%. Why were women several times more underrepresented in Ireland than Norway in terms of corporate directorships? What were the differences between Ireland and Norway in terms of how these national cultures see woman occupying directorships?
    The one big difference would be that they use the quota system in Norway. This is a legal requirement and must be adhered to in cases where there are nine or more members on the board. The government of Norway has reported full compliance with the program, which increased women's share of board seats from 7% in 2002 to over 40% (Rhode & Packel 2014).

    One of the main barriers would appear to be that not enough women are encouraged to go into that line of work, although that is changing now, but it might be a few years before it become apparent. Another factor would be maternity leave and the difficulties of returning to work after. The break for maternity leave has a negative effect on income, leading to things like disparities between the genders in overall pay . IMO industry could and should be doing a lot more to help the situation.


    Rhode, D. L., & Packel, A. K. (2014). Diversity on corporate boards: How much difference does difference make. Del. J. Corp. L., 39, 377.


  • #3
    Fathom
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    Undergrad business degree programs. Women-men compared 2009. Irish women 59%. Men 41%. Postgraduate business degrees. Irish women 55%. Men 45%. Future structural shift towards more women in directorships? With years of business experience following undergrad and grad degrees?


  • #4
    mzungu
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Undergrad business degree programs. Women-men compared 2009. Irish women 59%. Men 41%. Postgraduate business degrees. Irish women 55%. Men 45%. Future structural shift towards more women in directorships? With years of business experience following undergrad and grad degrees?
    Hopefully it will, and also interesting to note that the amount of women owning their own business seems to rising quite steadily over the past number of years. Granted it is still at 29% (in the USA) but that is expected to keep on rising.


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    Fathom
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    mzungu wrote: »
    ...also interesting to note that the amount of women owning their own business seems to rising quite steadily over the past number of years. Granted it is still at 29% (in the USA) but that is expected to keep on rising.
    Irish women entrepreneurs. Local Enterprise Offices financing. Only a quarter of women funded. Women's service-based business concentration a problem.


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