Diversity quotas, diverse perspectives : the case of gender / edited by Stefan Gröschl and Junko Takagi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gröschl, Stefan.

Takagi, Junko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Equality.

Reverse discrimination.

Physical Description:

xv, 190 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower Pub., 2012.

Contents:

Table of contents

List of figures

List of tables

Contributor biographies

Preface

Introduction : gender quotas in management / Junko Takagi and Stefan Gröschl

Quota systems in different cultural settings

"The golden skirts" : lessons from Norway about women on corporate boards of directors / Morten Huse

The feasibility of the dutch quota bill / Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers

Legislation and voluntarism : two approaches to achieving eeo outcomes for women in New Zealand / Fiona Hurd and Suzette Dyer

Spain : driving to gender equality / Patricia Gabaldon

Striving for gender equality in the "new" South Africa : government and legislative initiatives / Stella M Nkomo

Women in India : their odyssey towards equality / Radha Sharma and Shoma Mukherji

Conceptual perspectives on quota systems

Quotas for securing gender justice Marjan Radjavi

Gender diversity on uk boards : exploring resistance to quotas / Elena Doldor

The construction of workplace identities for women : some reflections on the impact of female quotas and role models / Junko Takagi and Shora Motteabad

Down for the count : how meritocratic ideology stigmatizes quotas in the United States and some alternative paths to equity / Maureen Scully

The gender issue : identity and differences revisited / Lauren Bibard

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409436195

1409436195

9781409436201

1409436209

OCLC:

778314619