Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36739 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1001
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
The paper proceeds from the assumption that the inequalities of opportunity between men and women on the labor market and in society overall tend to consolidate in the management bodies of large companies. The predominance of men on the supervisory boards of Germany's largest private sector companies has created a 'male monoculture' there. In the literature, structural and ideological barriers are identified as the reasons for this severe underrepresentation of women. Increasing the percentage of women in management positions in the private sector would still require the support of upper-level (male) management. In other countries, progress has already been made in this area with the use of quotas.
Subjects: 
Board diversity
gender diversity
glass ceiling
stereotypes
gender quota
JEL: 
G38
J16
J44
J71
M14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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