Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform

Mari Teigen

doi:10.1108/S0195-6310(2012)0000029008

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Comparative Social Research

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Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform

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Title:	Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform
Author(s):	Mari Teigen
Volume:	29 Editor(s): Fredrik Engelstad, Mari Teigen ISBN: 978-1-78052-672-0 eISBN: 978-1-78052-673-7
Citation:	Mari Teigen (2012), Chapter 4 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: On the Diffusion of a Distinct National Policy Reform, in Fredrik Engelstad, Mari Teigen (ed.) Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas: Comparative Perspectives (Comparative Social Research, Volume 29), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.115-146
DOI:	10.1108/S0195-6310(2012)0000029008 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	The spread of corporate board quota legislation is studied in light of diffusion theory. Mechanisms of diffusion, path dependency and critical junctures can contribute to explaining the spread of policy reforms, such as the corporate board quota legislation. The empirical section describes the Norwegian reform process and maps out the ongoing European and global reform processes and debates. Seven countries, in addition to Norway, have in recent years initiated legal reforms and adopted corporate board quota rules: Spain, Iceland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Malaysia. However, the debates over the introduction of parallel legislation extend further, and are a burning issue in several other Western European countries, as well as globally. The discussion addresses why this policy spreads, and tries to understand the complexities of factors that have led to the diffusion of public debate and legal reform of corporate board quota.