Reports
Lessons from the leading edge of gender diversity
Mckinsey Quarterly April 2013
Women as Mentors: Does She or Doesn't She?
Women can benefit from mentoring and beubg mentors. So why aren't more women engaging in mentoring relationships?
DDI April 2013
Creating a positive cycle: Critical steps to achieving gender parity in Australia
Bain and CEW have released the third in their report series. They found many talented women, but few at the top.
February 2013
Mining for Talent
A study of women on boards in the mining industry by WIM (UK) and PwC.
January 2013
An analysis of gender diversity in the leadership of the community sector
The first study of gender diversity in the community welfare and NFP sectors indicates there is a way to go to achieve trus gender equality. YWCA, ACOSS and Women on Boards, September 2012
Treading the boards - governing arts organisations
Read Ann-Maree Moodie on the special challenges facing arts board governance. This article is the result of research conducted by Ann-Maree Moodie FAICD FCSA FCIS of The Boardroom Consulting Group. It was first published in the September 2012 issue of Keeping Good Companies, the journal of Chartered Secretaries Australia.
Significance of the gender divide in financial servcies
FINSIA biannual survey measures differences in men's and women's perceptions of gender equity in their workplaces, August 2012
Gender Diversity and Corporate Performance
Credit Suisse Research Institute reviewed research on the impact of gender diversity on business and tested the performance of 2,360 companies globally over the past six years. August 2012
Out of School Hours Care and Women’s Labour Force Participation: Innovations in Provision & Supply
NFAW Ltd, ERA, eS4W, Women & Work, July 2012
Australia and New Zealand Board of Directors Survey 2012
Heidrick & Struggles, May 2012
McKinsey Quarterly: Is there a pay-off from top-team diversity?
Between 2008 and 2010, companies with more diverse top teams were also top financial performers. That’s probably no coincidence.
McKinsey & Company report, May 2012
Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards Report 2010-2011
A statistical analysis of the gender composition of Australian Government boards and bodies.
The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, April 2012.
Lord Davies Women on Boards 2012 Review Report
This report sets out the progress that has been made against each of the recommendations laid out last year.
Lord Davies, March 2012
The Female FTSE 2012 Board Report
Over the past year the UK has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of women on boards. This report shows that a business]led approach can bring rapid, real and impressive results.
Cranfield Univeristy, School of Management, 2012
Women Matter 2012: Making the Breakthrough
McKinsey & Company report, March 2012
Influence of the Gender of the Board of Directors on the Financial Performance of ASX350.
Read Rafif Al-Jarah's masteries thesis which looks at the influence of gender of the board of directors on the financial performance of Australian publicly listed companies, February 2012
Claire Braund Churchill Fellowship Report
To investigate the effect of gender quotas on public listed company boards in Norway and the progress of the public policy debate in the UK and France, September / October 2011
The Myth of the Ideal Worker
Does doing the right thing really get women ahead?
Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D. and Christine Silva for Catalyst 2011
Personal Influence at Work: Diversity Perspectives
Research Report by UGM Consulting in association with Women on Boards, October 2011
ASX500 companies with women directors deliver higher return to shareholders
A report by The Reibey Institute, October 2011
Lord Davies Review of UK FTSE Boards
Women on Boards, February 2011
Gender diversity of trustee boards
Statistics, Annual Superannuation Bulletin, June 2010 (issued 19 January 2011)
Unlocking the power of diversity in the boardroom
Insync Surveys study in conjunction with Gender Worx and Board Benchmarking, 2010
20 First's 2010 WOMENOMICS 101 Survey
The New Core Metrics of Competitiveness: Gender Balance on Executive Committees, October 2010
Significance of the gender divide in financial services
FINSIA, June 2010
Pipeline's Broken Promise
Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D. and Christine Silva for Catalyst 2010
Level the Playing Field: A call for action on gender parity
A report by Bain & Company Australia, September 2010
Empowering Women: Australia's response to the GFC
Marie Coleman outlines research that looked at womens' share of the government initiatives to combat the GFC.
The great disappearing act: Gender parity up the corporate ladder
A report by Bain & Company USA, January 2010
Australia's Hidden Resource: The Economic Case For Increasing Female Participation
Tim Toohey, Goldman Sachs JB Were, November 2009
Attitudes to Maternity Leave in Australia
Research prepared for National Foundation for Australian Women, Unions NSW, Commission for Children and Young People, Catalyst Australia, YWCA Australia, April 2009
Female Leadership in Australia: What does it look like and how does it differ from their male counterparts?
Peter Berry Consultancy, May 2008
Why boards need IT skills – more specifically - why boards need women with IT
Sonja Bernhardt, January 2007
The validity of measuring director and board performance: Continuum or Categorisation?
Susan P. Jauncey and David N. Moseley-Greatwich, September 2006
Women step up the boardroom ladder
Boardroom Partners research paper June 2006
