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"We'll put on stilettos." The (difficult) adjustment on gender representation on the boards of Italian companies / «Ci metteremo i tacchi a spillo». La (difficile) regolazione della rappresentanza

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The paper is a critical analysis of the national rule that makes compulsory for businesses to have a minimum number of women covering the high positions in the private sector (the so called "quote rosa"). . The study focuses on an important affirmative action recently promoted i

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Promoter
Joselle Dagnes — website
Power domain
Economic Power
Methods / tools
Awareness-raising, Benchmarking
Keywords
women corporate power, normative rules

Context

An academic paper offering a critical, sociological analysis of Italy's Law 120/2011 (the Golfo-Mosca law) on equal access to corporate management and control bodies — the national rule making it compulsory for businesses to have a minimum number of women in senior positions in the private sector (the 'quote rosa').

Conclusions

The paper treats Law 120/2011 as a regulatory shock capable of rapidly changing the structure of companies' decision-making bodies, while also noting that it triggers adaptive and defensive reactions from actors threatened by the change. It adopts a sociological approach to analyse the risks connected with this mandatory gender-quota rule.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)

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