TY - BOOK ID - 78532974 TI - Challenging boardroom homogeneity : corporate law, governance, and diversity PY - 2015 SN - 1316308413 1316321797 131632513X 1316612821 1316328473 1316287610 1316331814 1316318435 1139053329 9781316318430 9781139053327 9781107014879 1107014875 1316315096 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- Norway. KW - Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- United States. KW - Corporation law -- Norway. KW - Corporation law -- United States. KW - Corporate governance KW - Corporation law KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Governance, Corporate KW - Industrial management KW - Directors of corporations KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532974 AB - The lack of gender parity in the governance of business corporations has ignited a heated global debate, leading policymakers to wrestle with difficult questions that lie at the intersection of market activity and social identity politics. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with corporate board directors in Norway and documentary content analysis of corporate securities filings in the United States, Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity empirically investigates two distinct regulatory models designed to address diversity in the boardroom: quotas and disclosure. The author's study of the Norwegian quota model demonstrates the important role diversity can play in enhancing the quality of corporate governance, while also revealing the challenges diversity mandates pose. His analysis of the US regime shows how a disclosure model has led corporations to establish a vocabulary of 'diversity'. At the same time, the analysis highlights the downsides of affording firms too much discretion in defining that concept. This book deepens ongoing policy conversations and offers new insights into the role law can play in reshaping the gendered dynamics of corporate governance cultures. ER -