Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis

The paper studies gender composition of the board of directors of Russian banks. In the course of the study, the authors analyse the data provided by fifty large Russian banks. We collected the data from the banks’ official websites and used public information on the Russian banking sector. The arti...

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Autores principales: Yelena Yu. Prosvirkina, Darya A. Seliphonova
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Publicado: Ural State University of Economics 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b8f34e8d7c194f8c8fb1d1e7cfc7e6962021-12-02T06:22:26ZGender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis10.29141/2218-5003-2018-9-2-72218-5003https://doaj.org/article/b8f34e8d7c194f8c8fb1d1e7cfc7e6962018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://upravlenets.usue.ru/images/72/7.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2218-5003The paper studies gender composition of the board of directors of Russian banks. In the course of the study, the authors analyse the data provided by fifty large Russian banks. We collected the data from the banks’ official websites and used public information on the Russian banking sector. The article reviews theoretical works on the subject matter, describes the research method and presents the results of empirical testing. The study finds that representation of women in the board of directors in the Russian banking sector is still low and amounts to approximately 10–20%. At the same time, the percentage of female members in the Russian offices of international banks is higher compared to local banks. The analysis of qualifications of female and male members of the board of directors shows that women possess the same level of education and work experience as men. Based on the results of international empirical studies, we make an assumption that increased representation of women in the boards of directors of Russian banks can help to produce better financial results.Yelena Yu. ProsvirkinaDarya A. SeliphonovaUral State University of EconomicsarticleGENDER SEGREGATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORSBANKRUSSIABusinessHF5001-6182FinanceHG1-9999RUУправленец, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 41-46 (2018)
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topic GENDER SEGREGATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BANK
RUSSIA
Business
HF5001-6182
Finance
HG1-9999
spellingShingle GENDER SEGREGATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BANK
RUSSIA
Business
HF5001-6182
Finance
HG1-9999
Yelena Yu. Prosvirkina
Darya A. Seliphonova
Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
description The paper studies gender composition of the board of directors of Russian banks. In the course of the study, the authors analyse the data provided by fifty large Russian banks. We collected the data from the banks’ official websites and used public information on the Russian banking sector. The article reviews theoretical works on the subject matter, describes the research method and presents the results of empirical testing. The study finds that representation of women in the board of directors in the Russian banking sector is still low and amounts to approximately 10–20%. At the same time, the percentage of female members in the Russian offices of international banks is higher compared to local banks. The analysis of qualifications of female and male members of the board of directors shows that women possess the same level of education and work experience as men. Based on the results of international empirical studies, we make an assumption that increased representation of women in the boards of directors of Russian banks can help to produce better financial results.
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author Yelena Yu. Prosvirkina
Darya A. Seliphonova
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title Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
title_short Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
title_full Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
title_fullStr Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Gender Segregation in the Russian Banking Sector: Board of Directors Composition Analysis
title_sort gender segregation in the russian banking sector: board of directors composition analysis
publisher Ural State University of Economics
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