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Gender - Balanced Representation in Executive Management
The European Union has consistently promoted, alongside with other measures, ensuring equal treatment of men and women in practice in employment, work and pay. The principle of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men, as well as employment conditions and career opportunities, are the key areas of activities of the European Union. To properly coordinate and implement gender equality policy, it has adopted several legal acts which the Member States must transpose into their national legislation. This legislation, adopted at European Union level, contributes to improving gender balance in the executive positions. The paper is focused on the analysis of the current state of elimination of gender differences among directors of listed companies within the European Economic Area with special focus on Slovakia. It is a matter of fact that in present, women are scarcely represented in senior management positions in private companies and public institutions. The objectives are to highlight the promotion of career development of women at all levels of management and the economic and social responsibility of such companies. For the preparation of this article, we have applied text analysis and description methodology. The methodological tools include desk research with emphasis on analysis of the documents and EU laws as well as the results of several reports.
Vydanie: 2026/1 Strany: 88-100 Klasifikácia JEL: K15, K 31, K 36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52665/ser20260107
Kľúčové slová: gender balance, corporate boards, woman, directive, EU law
Sekcia: Special section - Scientific articles from the international scientific conference "ECOSYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE: Startups, Smart Cities and Human Resources at the Core of the Digital Economy"
Kontakty:
Prof. Ing. Ľubica BAJZÍKOVÁ, PhD.
Comenius University
Faculty of Management
Odbojárov 10. Bratislava
e-mail: lubica.bajzikova@fm.uniba.sk
Prof. JUDr. Nováčková Daniela, PhD.
Comenius University
Faculty of Management
Odbojárov 10. Bratislava
e-mail: daniela.novackova©fm.uniba.sk
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