TY - JOUR

T1 - Women in the Boardroom: Evidence from Large UK Companies

AU - Conyon, Martin

AU - Mallin, C

PY - 1997/7

Y1 - 1997/7

N2 - A considerable amount of attention has recently been given to the lack of equality for women in the economic arena. Women are systematically disadvantaged in many ways in terms of pay for the same job, promotion prospects and access to the most important top jobs in the United Kingdom. In this paper we present new evidence on women participation rates in UK boardrooms. In particular, our objectives are to (i) examine the proportion of executive and non-executive directors who are women (ii) to document the degree to which women are deployed to key boardroom committees.

AB - A considerable amount of attention has recently been given to the lack of equality for women in the economic arena. Women are systematically disadvantaged in many ways in terms of pay for the same job, promotion prospects and access to the most important top jobs in the United Kingdom. In this paper we present new evidence on women participation rates in UK boardrooms. In particular, our objectives are to (i) examine the proportion of executive and non-executive directors who are women (ii) to document the degree to which women are deployed to key boardroom committees.

U2 - 10.1111/1467-8683.00051

DO - 10.1111/1467-8683.00051

M3 - Journal article

VL - 5

SP - 112

EP - 117

JO - Corporate Governance: An International Review

JF - Corporate Governance: An International Review

SN - 0964-8410

IS - 3

ER -