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Looking through the glass ceiling : women and power : leadership in Norwegian firms

Petre, Raluca Andreea
Master thesis
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2013-02-15
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Abstract
This paper examines two important factors that describe female leadership in

Norwegian firms. First, the main determinants of having a female CEO, and, second, the

impact a female CEO has on firm performance. In other words, the main question the

paper raises is if women-led companies are distinguishable in any detectable and

relevant way. I analyze the influence of women in the executive suite across different

samples of firms (LTD, and PLC) and divided in two time periods (prior Norwegian

gender quota 2000-2004, and post Norwegian quota 2005-2009).

Results indicate that after the quota, the number of women in CEO positions had

considerably increased which suggests that the reform had promoted women not only on

the board level, but also on the CEO level. Moreover, the findings show that after the

quota, women CEOs had become more dominant in certain industry sectors (such as

financial and transportation sectors), obtaining higher salaries than men CEOs.

Nevertheless, the present paper argues that having a woman CEO has a neutral

or negative effect on the firm. There is no relevant evidence that there is a significant

relationship between firm performance and women CEO’s characteristics. If previous

researches such as Adler (2001) and Deszo & Ross (2008) show that female

participation in the board of the company has a positive effect on firm performance, the

present paper shows that not the same positive effect can be acclaimed when having a

woman CEO.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Financial Economics - Handelshøyskolen BI,2013

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