Regulating for gender equality in business: the law on gender quotas and the network of interlocking directorates in Norway, 2008–2016

IF 1.6 Q2 ECONOMICS

REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY Pub Date : 2021-03-21 DOI:10.1080/00346764.2021.1901139

Trond Løyning

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This article analyses effects of the law of gender quotas for company boards in Norway on the network of interlocking directorates in the period 2008–2016. It is argued that these networks are important regarding gender equality and diversity. Analysis of the regulated corporations (Public Limited Companies – PLCs) shows that female directors get and keep central positions in the networks during this period. Exploring possible impact on networks among non-regulated Private Limited Companies (Ltds) shows no similar effects. Thus, although the justification for the law is general, there are no notable spillover effects. However, women are central in the overall network (based on both PLCs and Ltds), since most of the network ties are among PLCs. Thus, the quota law seems effective in challenging the male-dominated networks in business, but several caveats to such a conclusion are discussed.

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规范商业中的性别平等:2008-2016年挪威性别配额法和联锁理事会网络

本文分析了2008-2016年期间挪威公司董事会性别配额法对连锁董事会网络的影响。有人认为，这些网络在两性平等和多样性方面非常重要。对受监管公司（上市有限公司）的分析表明，在此期间，女性董事在网络中占据并保持核心地位。探索不受监管的私人有限公司（Ltds）对网络的可能影响没有显示出类似的影响。因此，尽管该法律的理由是普遍的，但没有明显的溢出效应。然而，妇女在整个网络中处于中心地位（基于PLC和Ltds），因为大多数网络联系都在PLC之间。因此，配额法似乎有效地挑战了男性主导的商业网络，但对这一结论的几个注意事项进行了讨论。

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REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ECONOMICS-

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2.60

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10.00%

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