This volume focuses on women serving on corporate boards of directors. It includes censuses of women directors in a number of countries, identifies reasons for their limited numbers and indicates why appointing qualified women to boards offers competitive advantages.

One: Women Corporate Directors: A Research Appraisal.- Women Corporate Boards of Directors: Where Do We Go From Here?.- The Future of Corporate Women: Progress Toward the Executive Suite and the Boardroom?.- Building the business case for women corporate directors.- Two: International Research Findings.- Women Corporate Directors in the United States.- Making it to the Top in Britain.- The Paradox of Affirmative Action for Women Directors in Israel.- Women on Canadian Corporate Boards of Directors: Still a Long Way to Go.- What Distinguishes Women Non-executive Directors From Executive Directors? Individual, Interpersonal and Organizational Factors Related to Women’s Appointments to Boards.- The New Zealand Experiment — Training to be on Board as a Director.- Taking a Seat on the Board: Women Directors in Britain.- Company Size, Board Size and Numbers of Women Corporate Directors.- Three: Women Directors and Board Dynamics.- Women on Boards of Directors: Gender Bias or Power Threat?.- Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: Understanding the Context.- The Experiences of White Women on Corporate Boards in Canada: Compliance and Non-compliance to Hegemonic Masculinity.- Public Sector Board Composition in Australia: Leading the Way?.- Four: Views of Corporate Directors.- From Male Locker Room to Co-ed Board Room: A Twenty-five Year Perspective.- Making Boards Work: Recruiting for Balance, Competence and Results.- Catalyst Corporate Board Placement: New Seats at the Table.