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100			_aAndrews, Rhys _955442
245			_aBoard gender diversity in municipally owned corporations: A resource dependence perspective
260			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300			_a91(1), Mar, 2025: p.60-76
520			_aThe increasing use of municipally owned corporations (MOCs) to provide vital public services has drawn attention to the representation of women on MOC boards of directors. Resource dependency theory suggests that board composition is likely to be shaped by linkages to critical resources within an organization's environment. This paper presents an analysis of the organizational determinants of board gender diversity in 802 MOCs in England and Wales for the period 2009–2019. The findings suggest that public ownership, nonprofit legal form, board size and a human services focus are positively related to board gender diversity, but that inter-municipal ownership and a technical services focus are all negatively related to such diversity. The findings highlight the impact that organizational characteristics associated with critical resource dependencies can have on gender equality (GE) in corporatized public services.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00208523241264549
650			_aGender equality, Women directors, Municipally owned corporations, Quantitative analysis. _955443
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
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