Gender inequality is a widespread organizational challenge, however, research on gender
in the workplace suffers from stagnation in mainstream management research. A positive …

Gender quotas have proliferated worldwide as a major tool of gender equality policies, first
in the electoral arena and then expanding to other socioeconomic spheres, notably …

This study examines the effectiveness of soft law through scrutinizing national policies for
enhancing the proportion of women on corporate boards. Soft laws, which have less …

The 2020 mass protests in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor had
a significant impact on American corporations. Several large public companies pledged an …

While California is the first US state to mandate that companies include more women in their
management and on their boards, they are far from the first to implement such policies …

The present study addresses how and the extent to which the composition of the board
impacts the capital structure choices made by a firm. In particular, the fraction of independent …