Pathways to leadership: Board independence, diversity and the emerging pipeline in the United States for women directors

摘要: In the wake of this decade's corporate scandals, crimes and excesses, improving effectiveness governance in United States has become a priority. An important influence on board's at monitoring is its members’ degree independence from senior management. While current definition revolves around absence familial economic connections between firm directors, research suggests that standard may be inadequate ensuring independent oversight. Rather, diversity along racial, gender other dimensions been proposed as potentially more effective for board independence. This especially welcome news women, who currently comprise 51 per cent US managerial workforce but only 14.8 directors boards large, publicly traded corporations. Some explain dearth women members by claiming there are no qualified available service and/or not interested service. However, anecdotal rather than empirical evidence issue. Surveying women's leadership conference Boston, investigates extent to which involved some type aspire future We find active activities prior they play continued expanded role activities.