Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework
This paper seeks to contribute to the board gender diversity debate by introducing a tool to capacitate women for effective and impactful board participation. The tool was developed using principal component analysis and incorporated the conceptual domain of board gender diversity and the lived e...
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| description | This paper seeks to contribute to the board gender diversity debate by introducing a tool to
capacitate women for effective and impactful board participation. The tool was developed using
principal component analysis and incorporated the conceptual domain of board gender diversity and
the lived experiences of board participants in South Africa. To validate the instrument, interviews
were conducted with 19 participants from the boards of companies from three industry sectors;
namely; oil and gas, mining and pharmaceutical sectors. The instrument was then completed by 193
respondents from the three sectors. The newly developed tool was found to be a 16-item tool with
five dimensions named as: (1) valuability; (2) distinctiveness and confidence; (3) technical expertise;
(4) worldly wisdom; and (5) industry and leadership experience. The tool introduced should be seen
as a practical reference point to prepare women for effective board participation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ccf308a266c4042b4a466a22f24eab12023-08-24T12:37:29ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272023-08-01XXIII1162170Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework Pumela Msweli 0Xoliswa Eugenia Kule1University of South Africa, Graduate School of Business Leadership, South AfricaUniversity of South Africa, Graduate School of Business Leadership, South AfricaThis paper seeks to contribute to the board gender diversity debate by introducing a tool to capacitate women for effective and impactful board participation. The tool was developed using principal component analysis and incorporated the conceptual domain of board gender diversity and the lived experiences of board participants in South Africa. To validate the instrument, interviews were conducted with 19 participants from the boards of companies from three industry sectors; namely; oil and gas, mining and pharmaceutical sectors. The instrument was then completed by 193 respondents from the three sectors. The newly developed tool was found to be a 16-item tool with five dimensions named as: (1) valuability; (2) distinctiveness and confidence; (3) technical expertise; (4) worldly wisdom; and (5) industry and leadership experience. The tool introduced should be seen as a practical reference point to prepare women for effective board participation. https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2023-i1/Section%201%20and%202/22.pdfwomen in boardsboard gender diversityboard compositioneffective board participation |
| spellingShingle | Pumela Msweli Xoliswa Eugenia Kule Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series women in boards board gender diversity board composition effective board participation |
| title | Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework |
| title_full | Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework |
| title_fullStr | Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework |
| title_short | Voices of Women in Boards Count, Effective Participation Counts More: A Board Gender Diversity Theoretical Framework |
| title_sort | voices of women in boards count effective participation counts more a board gender diversity theoretical framework |
| topic | women in boards board gender diversity board composition effective board participation |
| url | https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2023-i1/Section%201%20and%202/22.pdf |
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