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Public Sector Board Composition in Australia: Leading the Way

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Women on Corporate Boards of Directors

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The position of women on the boards of public sector authorities, corporations and committees in Australia can best be understood by placing contemporary board membership data into a social, economic and political context. The major impetus for the appointment of women onto public sector boards has resulted both from a recognition of the advantages of membership diversity and a thirty-five year period of women’s policy development accompanied by women’s increased participation rates in employment and education.

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Conroy, D.K. (2000). Public Sector Board Composition in Australia: Leading the Way. In: Burke, R.J., Mattis, M.C. (eds) Women on Corporate Boards of Directors. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3401-4_15

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