提升女性:性别配额与提高妇女在公司董事会中的地位

IF 4.6 3区 管理学 Q1 BUSINESS
Anna Gibert, Alexandra Fedorets
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研究问题/议题在公司董事会中引入性别配额可能会打破现状,从而产生外部效应,影响女性在公司中的晋升。本研究将德国的立法改革作为一个自然实验,我们发现配额制增加了女性在受影响董事会中的代表性。然而,配额制也可能对女性高管的职业生涯产生不利影响;配额制无法消除玻璃天花板,也无法在公司内外为女性提供公平的竞争环境。理论/学术启示配额制为法定董事会聘用女性候选人提供的激励可能会阻碍她们晋升至高管职位的前景。根据制度理论,我们将此解释为脱钩的证据--公司遵守法律,但不一定会改变其对高层性别多元化的立场。此外,当进入董事会的女性的背景与高管职位更接近时(以她们与董事会资本方的关联为代表),对未受影响的执行董事会的负面影响更大。这表明存在替代效应,即女性进入非执行职位,而不是追求高管职业生涯。仅仅依靠配额不足以实现公司中的性别平等。
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Lifting Women Up: Gender Quotas and the Advancement of Women on Corporate Boards
Research Question/IssueThe introduction of gender quotas on corporate boards can disrupt the status quo, resulting in externalities that affect women's advancement within the company. This study investigates whether boardroom quotas contribute to promoting women further up the corporate ladder and facilitate access to a broader spectrum of positions.Research Findings/InsightsUsing legislative changes in Germany as a natural experiment, we find that quotas increase female representation on affected boards. However, quotas may also have adverse effects on women's executive careers; they fall short of eliminating the glass ceiling and fail to level the playing field for women, both inside and outside the firm.Theoretical/Academic ImplicationsThe incentives provided by the quota to hire female candidates for a mandated board may hinder their prospects for advancement to executive roles. Drawing from institutional theory, we interpret this as evidence of decoupling—firms comply with the law but do not necessarily change their stance on gender diversity at the top. Additionally, when women accessing the board have backgrounds more closely aligned with executive positions (proxied by their affiliation with the capital side of the board), the negative effect on the non‐affected executive board is larger. This suggests a substitution effect, whereby women enter nonexecutive positions instead of pursuing executive careers.Practitioner/Policy ImplicationsPolicy design needs to consider the desired outcomes and unintended effects, carefully weighing the trade‐offs among them. Relying solely on quotas is insufficient to achieve gender equality in corporations.
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期刊介绍: The mission of Corporate Governance: An International Review is to publish cutting-edge international business research on the phenomena of comparative corporate governance throughout the global economy. Our ultimate goal is a rigorous and relevant global theory of corporate governance. We define corporate governance broadly as the exercise of power over corporate entities so as to increase the value provided to the organization"s various stakeholders, as well as making those stakeholders accountable for acting responsibly with regard to the protection, generation, and distribution of wealth invested in the firm. Because of this broad conceptualization, a wide variety of academic disciplines can contribute to our understanding.
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