Abstract
<p> In our article, <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3084643" target="_blank"> CEO Gender and Corporate Board Structure </a> (forthcoming in the <em> Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance </em> ), we investigate the relationship between the gender of the CEO and corporate board structures. In recent years, women have made strides in cracking the glass ceiling in leadership positions in corporate America. Female CEOs have been appointed not only in female-friendly industries such as healthcare and consumer products but also in fields that are traditionally dominated by their male counterparts such as energy, utilities or automotive. The number of female CEOs leading S&P 500 companies reached a record high in 2016 with 27 women at the helm of these firms. However, women CEOs only make up 5.4% of the total S&P 500 CEO positions.</p>
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation |
| State | Published - Jan 10 2018 |
Keywords
- Behavioral finance
- Board composition
- Board monitoring
- Boards of Directors
- Decision making
- Diversity
- Firm performance
- Management
- Manager characteristics
- Managerial style
- Oversight
DC Disciplines
- Business
- Corporate Finance
- Finance and Financial Management