BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP - EFFECTS OF SEX-BASED BIAS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: BILIMORIA, D; PIDERIT, SK
• 署名单位: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256795
• 发表日期: 1994
• 页码: 1453-1477
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY; Meta-analysis; top; DISCRIMINATION; turnover; women; performance; applicants; DIRECTORS; Managers

摘要

This study examined whether female directors lack the necessary experience-based characteristics for board committee membership, or whether there is a systematic sex-based bias against them. We tested predictors of the odds of membership on certain board committees for male and female directors and found evidence of sex-based bias in Fortune 300 firms after controlling for directors' experience-based characteristics. Men were preferred for membership in compensation, executive, and finance committees, and women were preferred for membership in public affairs committees. Implications for the selection of committee members are developed.