golden skirt
golden skirt noun: a woman who is a director on several boards.
Noun
golden skirt (plural golden skirts)
- A woman who is a director on several boards.
- Table 12.3 indicates that 'the old boys' network' is replaced by the 'Golden Skirts'. The men with the most board positions are now those who are either themselves investors or investors' representatives, that is, the 'Gold Sacks'.2013, Silke Machold, Morten Huse, Katrin Hansen, Getting Women on to Corporate Boards, page 73
- Huse (2011) investigated the characteristics of the “golden skirts” and identified four key clusters of well-educated and qualified women entering the boardroom.2017, Cathrine Seierstad, Patricia Gabaldon, Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Gender Diversity in the Boardroom, volume 1, page 30
Forms of golden skirt
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Questions about golden skirt
- What does golden skirt mean?
- Golden skirt means a woman who is a director on several boards.
- What part of speech is golden skirt?
- Golden skirt is a noun.
- What is the plural of golden skirt?
- The plural of golden skirt is golden skirts.
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