Was a lack of gender diversity in senior positions in the financial sector a contributing factor to the financial crisis in Ireland?

Poole, Jade (2022) Was a lack of gender diversity in senior positions in the financial sector a contributing factor to the financial crisis in Ireland? Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

The broad topic for this research is a lack of gender diversity, more specifically if the lack of gender diversity in senior positions in the financial sector was a contributing factor to the financial crisis in Ireland. There is a massive gap in the literature in relation to this topic as I was unable to find any literature on it, therefore felt this was very important to investigate. The goals for this research paper are to find out if having women in senior positions leads to improvements in relation to corporate governance, risk management, decision making and if women bring a new perspective. Qualitive and quantitative methods with be used in the form of structured interviews and surveys. The main findings for this research were that women in senior positions do improve corporate governance, risk management and decision making, and because of this, in general gender equality in senior positions may have prevented the crises or lessened the impact. However, the banks only employed women with mindsets like those already employed in the banks and therefore never benefited from the improvements seen when having diverse minded women. The deep-rooted systemic issues in the banks in terms of its recruitment of women with specific mindsets could mean that gender diversity in senior positions in the financial sector could not have prevented the crisis.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > Gender D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > Ireland H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Classes of Labour > Women and Work
Divisions:	School of Business > Master of Science in Finance
Depositing User:	Clara Chan
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2022 11:39
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 11:39
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/5828

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