Diversity and the Effective Corporate Board

Chapter 3

Gender Diversity—India and Singapore

3.1 Gender Diversity

3.2 Participation of Women

3.3 Passive Role of Women

3.4 Women Directors Are Younger

3.5 Women Directors Yet to Go Global

3.6 Women: The Newcomers

3.7 Qualification Myth

3.8 Limited Range of Experience

3.9 Women Matter

The impact of women on board performance depends on the number of women on boards and their competencies. This chapter examines the status of women directors in Singapore and India.

3.1 Gender Diversity

Gender diversity refers to the proportion of females to males in an organizational structure (school, company, courts, etc.) or workplace. The less the difference between the numbers of males and females, the greater is the diversity. Research on social and organizational ...