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Gender and the Composition of Corporate Boards

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  • Mohammed Amidu

    (Mohammed Amidu is Lecturer, Department of Accounting, University of Ghana Business School, Legon. Ghana. E-mail: amidu@ug.edu.gh.)

  • Joshua Abor

    (Joshua Abor is Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Ghana Business School, Legon. Ghana. E-mail: joshabor@ug.edu.gh.)

Abstract

This article examines the gender composition of corporate boards of listed companies in Ghana. Results indicate that women were insignificantly represented and that younger firms had more women on their boards than firms established four decades ago. In addition, the study found that it is only after the initial listing that companies found it necessary to appoint women directors. As firms expand, they tend to employ fewer women on their corporate boards. Also, women were engaged more in the service and financial sectors than the manufacturing and construction industries. Interest-ingly, local companies appointed relatively more women as board members than their multinational counterparts.

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  • Mohammed Amidu & Joshua Abor, 2006. "Gender and the Composition of Corporate Boards," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 13(1), pages 83-95, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:13:y:2006:i:1:p:83-95
    DOI: 10.1177/097152150501300104
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    1. Keasey, Kevin & Thompson, Steve & Wright, Mike (ed.), 1997. "Corporate Governance: Economic and Financial Issues," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198289913.
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    2. Gabriella Åhmansson & Lennart S. Öhlund, 2008. "Male Hierarchies and Gender-balanced Boards," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 15(3), pages 485-505, December.

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