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Payal Kumar (Professor & Chair HR/OB, and Head of Research and International Collaborations, BML University, India)
Ganesh Singh (Professor (HR/OB) & Programme Director – PhD, All India Management Association – Centre for Management Education (AIMA CME), India)

Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India

ISBN: 978-1-83982-767-9, eISBN: 978-1-83982-764-8

Publication date: 4 September 2020

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Kumar, P. and Singh, G. (2020), "Index", Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 133-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-764-820200012

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INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Agentic attributes
, 8

All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)
, 107

Asian context, gender equity in
, 17–19

Aspiration, lack of
, 69–71

Automobile industry
, 63

Benevolent sexism
, 12–13

Biological differences
, 71–72

Board of Directors
, 105

Boardroom

gender equity in
, 1–4

women in
, 3, 67–69

Cognitive diversity
, 85–86

Companies Act (2013)
, 2–3, 86–87, 100–101

Companies/Employers
, 102–104

Day care policy
, 81

Defective high-severity products
, 101

Deloitte Global Centre for Corporate Governance
, 1

Demographic diversity
, 86

Department of Public Enterprises (DPE)
, 54

Directors’ selection process in India
, 51–55

Diversity in boards
, 85–86

Economic participation and opportunity
, 116–125

Education(al)
, 108

attainment
, 125

programmes
, 65

Family responsibilities
, 73–75

Female employees, obstacles facing by
, 69

Female representation analysis on Boards of Fortune India
, 85

Indian studies on gender board representation
, 87–88

results
, 89–92

study method
, 87–89

‘Feminity–competence’ double bind
, 9

Finance jobs
, 39

Flexi working hours
, 82

Formal mentors
, 78

Gender

roles and stereotypes
, 8–11

stereotype by colleagues
, 75

stereotype by employer
, 75–76

Gender diversity
, 1, 5, 35–36, 43–46, 67–68, 86, 102–105

in boardroom composition
, 6

and inclusion
, 64

Gender equality in India and South Asia Region
, 111

Global Gender Gap Index
, 111, 115–129

situation of women in South Asia
, 112–115

Gender equity

in Asian context
, 17–19

in boardroom
, 1–4

Gender Parity Score (GPS)
, 112

Generation Y
, 19

Generation Z
, 19

Glass ceiling
, 4–5, 37, 108

‘Glass cliff’
, 4

‘Glass escalator’
, 4

Global Gender Gap Index
, 111, 115–129

Global Gender Gap Report
, 111

Government
, 101–102

Grooming
, 55–56

Groupthink
, 6

Harvard Business Review study
, 108

Health and survival
, 125

Hero MotoCorp Ltd
, 64

High gender representation on boards, outcomes of
, 5–7

Higher education, empowering Indian women through
, 107–108

Hostile sexism
, 12–13

Hunt Partners
, 44

‘Ideal worker’
, 14, 99

India, gender equality in
, 111

Informal mentoring
, 78

relationships
, 104

Interviews of board members and senior executives
, 35

barriers preventing women in India from entering boardroom
, 46–51

demographic details
, 36

directors’ selection process in India
, 57–59

early identification of women directors
, 41–46

grooming of woman directors
, 55–57

increasing pool of potential candidates in order to ensuring greater gender diversity
, 43–46

job roles
, 39

lack of exposure for women
, 39–40

networking and mentorship role in directors’ selection process
, 51–55

patriarchy
, 40–41

pipeline problem
, 37–38

self-imposed restrictions as wife and mother
, 38–39

women facing obstacles to prevent them from reaching top jobs
, 37–41

Job roles
, 39

Kanya Saaksharta Protsahan Yojana
, 108

Leadership growth strategy
, 80–81

‘Leaky pipeline’
, 37

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community (LGBTQ community)
, 17, 19

Literature review and study method

antecedents of low gender representation on boards
, 58–17

gender equity in Asian context
, 17–19

gender equity in boardroom
, 1–4

metaphors
, 4–5

outcomes of high gender representation on boards
, 5–7

primary sources
, 20–21

research method for study
, 19–21

secondary sources
, 21

Low gender representation on boards, antecedents of
, 8

double bind
, 11

gender roles and stereotypes
, 8–11

organisational barriers
, 14–17

sexism
, 11–12, 13

social and family support
, 12–14

Maternity Benefit Act (2017)
, 57, 103

McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
, 21n1, 112

Mentoring
, 77–78

Mentor–mentee relationship
, 77

Mentorship
, 77

in directors’ selection process
, 51–55

Metaphors
, 4–5

#Metoo movement
, 48

Mid-career, marriage and maternity (three Ms)
, 48

Middle East and North Africa region (MENA region)
, 112

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
, 107

Mobility
, 72–73

Monitoring
, 6

Networking
, 72

in directors’ selection process
, 51–55

ONGC
, 55

Organisational barriers
, 1, 14–17

Part-time employment
, 82

Paternalism
, 76, 81, 99

Patriarchal belt
, 112–113

Patriarchy
, 40–41

Pipeline problem
, 37–38, 63, 99

Policy-makers
, 93, 106

Political empowerment
, 116–125

Prejudice
, 9, 11–12, 97

PSU sector
, 49

Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
, 55

Public Sector organizations
, 54

Queen bee syndrome
, 46, 97

Quitting
, 71

Right to Education Act (RTE)
, 107

Role models/modelling
, 77–81

Saakshar Bharat
, 107

SABLA
, 108

Self-esteem, lack of
, 69–71

Self-grooming
, 55, 59

Self-imposed restrictions as wife and mother
, 38–39

Semi-structured interview technique
, 65

Sexism
, 11–13

Shiksha Sahayog Yojana
, 107

Social and family support
, 12–14

Social eco-system in India
, 38

Socialisation process
, 77

Socio-cultural traditions
, 113

South Asia Region

gender equality in
, 111–112

gender gap
, 11

situation of women in
, 112–115

Standard Chartered Bank
, 3

Stereotypes
, 8–11

Strategy involvement
, 6

‘Think-manager-think-male’ construct
, 17

Tokenism
, 7, 67, 85, 92

Tokens
, 7

Travel policy support
, 82

Wall Street Journal, The
, 4

Woman leader aspiration
, 63, 104–105

codes and categories
, 67–78

demographic details
, 66

firm level
, 75–76

group level
, 73–75

individual level
, 69–73

mentoring and role modelling
, 77–78

obstacles facing female employees by
, 69

role models
, 78–81

sample
, 65–66

women in boardroom
, 67–68

Women

on boards
, 5

early identification of women directors
, 41–43

lack of exposure for
, 39–40

representation in boardrooms
, 2

woman-friendly policies and practices at Hero MotoCorp
, 81–83

woman-related issues
, 69–71

Women in Leadership programme (WIL programme)
, 64, 86, 102, 104

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 111