Bold vision: Gender diversity stuck in transition

• Authors: Evans Gary L.

Abstracts

EN

Canada is often put forward as an example of forward thinking on inclusiveness and gender balance. However, for the last 30 years, while gender diversity progress has been made within Canadian government agencies, commissions and boards (ABCs), the private sector continues to lag behind, stuck trying to break through the barrier of 18–22% females on Boards. This occurs while mounting empirical evidence clearly indicates that it is not just the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do. This paper looks at where progressive government change has generated results and potential avenues necessary to make gender equality a reality within both the government and private sector beyond 2018. The author reviews the methods used by the Canadian government to achieve gender parity, ending with some insights on how the private sector could implement gender parity without the use of quotas.

Keywords

EN

corporate governance; gender; board diversity; women; quota

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Journal: Economics and Business Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 4(18)
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 97-114

Dates

published

2018-11-14

Contributors

author

Evans Gary L.

• University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, PE, Canada,

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18559/ebr.2018.4.6