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Avoiding Quotas at All Costs: The Swedish Dilemma
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9511-6724
2022 (English)In: Gender Equality and Policy Implementation in the Corporate World: Making Democracy Work in Business / [ed] Isabel Engeli; Amy Mazur, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, p. 86-108Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter assesses the adoption and implementation of voluntary measures on gender balance on the boards of listed companies in the Swedish corporate governance code. The self-regulatory approach was advocated by the corporate sector itself in order to avoid legislation on corporate gender quotas. The outcome is rather ambivalent. While the change has resulted in a gradual increase in women’s representation on corporate boards, this increase has been slow and has not yet led to gender balance. Gendered norms of equal representation of women and men in leadership positions in the economic sector have evolved. Challenges remain, and this particularly when it comes to the number of women chairpersons and CEOs. The lack of awareness of gender equality gaps among young business leaders also indicates that automatic and linear progress is not a given.

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. p. 86-108
Keywords [en]
corporate boards, implementation, performance, gender equality, diversity, Nordic model, Sweden, quota, self-regulation, corporate governance
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Political Science
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-212215DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198865216.003.0005ISBN: 9780198865216 (print)ISBN: 9780191897597 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-212215DiVA, id: diva2:1715956
Available from: 2022-12-04 Created: 2022-12-04 Last updated: 2023-04-25Bibliographically approved

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