Peggy G. Anderson

(Northeastern University and Plymouth State University, Scarborough ME 04074, USA)

 

 

Abstract: The following paper analyzes women’s underrepresentation in the corporate boardroom within the US in order to research, define and understand why women still hold fewer executive boardroom positions than men. The paper analyzes women’s roles in family, responsibility for child and homecare, belief in self, interactions with men and other cultural aspects of both society and organizations in order to consider differing views of the issue and possible reasons it is a concern both for the women, families and the organizations that are lacking gender leadership equality.

 

 

Key words: gender; diversity; boardroom; discrimination; equality; business; organizational behavior;

organizational culture; ethics

 

JEL codes: J12, J13, J15, J16, J21, J24, M12, M54