Study of the Women Presence into the Board Directors and Audit Committees Level of Romanian Banks

Author:Univ. Prof. Eugeniu ŢURLEA, Ph.D.; Associate Professor Mariana NEDELCU (BUNEA), Ph.D. Student

JEL:M48, G21, G34

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Keywords:corporate governance, banking system, board of directors, audit committee, supervisory

Abstract:
Gender diversity (gender equality) in the boardroom and generally within organizations has registered increasingly more considerable interest in public debates and academic research, last but not least in corporate strategies.\r\nThe purpose of this article is to provide an overview of international research and practices related to women in the composition of the board directors and audit committees. Also, this article aims to assess the involvement of women into the management structures and the audit committees of the most important ‘actors’ within the banking system from Romania.\r\nThe research methodology was based essentially on observations of the published documents on the websites of analyzed banking companies, important conclusions regarding the level of involvement of women in leadership of the banking system from Romania is made in the end of the presentation. \r\n

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