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Bahadori, Negar (2023): Insights about the barriers to achieve gender equality in the decision-making roles and power positions. (DiSSE working papers / Dipartimento di scienze sociali ed economiche, Sapienza Università di Roma 2023,06), 17 S.

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"Despite significant advancements in recent years, numerous barriers hinder the full participation and representation of women in higher influential domains. To effectively address the disparities and foster more inclusive and equitable societies, this article presents a literature review, examining the barriers that impede gender equality in decision-making roles and power positions. By shedding light on the complex dynamics and systemic challenges, it aims to contribute to the design of effective strategies for dismantling gender disparities. To investigate why women, struggle to fully advance along the corporate ladder, this study explores the contributing factors to gender inequality in the labor market at three levels: micro, meso, and macro level. Additionally, the article leverages the Varieties of Capitalism framework proposed by Hall and Soskice (2001) to gain insights at a macro level into how gender inequalities in the workplace are shaped and to understand the positioning of Italy within the international context while emphasizing the importance of empirical research to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Understanding the real-world experiences of individuals and organizations working towards gender equality is essential for developing effective strategies to overcome these obstacles and promote equitable representation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Charpin, Agnès, Ariane Szafarz & Ilan Tojerow (2023): Female corporate owners and female CEOs. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 232. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111285

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"“Old boys’ club” ownership structures can hamper the empowerment of female talent. We use African data to show that the CEOs of firms with female shareholders are more likely to be women, regardless of the size of female shareholdings." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2023 Elsevier) ((en))

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Keller, Wolfgang, Teresa Molina & William W. Olney (2023): The gender gap among top business executives. In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Jg. 211, S. 270-286. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2023.04.017

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"This paper examines gender differences among top US business executives using a large executive-employer matched data set spanning the last quarter century. Female executives make up 6% of the sample and exhibit more labor market churning – both higher entry and higher exit rates. Unconditionally, women earn 26% less than men, which decreases to 8% once executive characteristics, firm characteristics, and in particular job title are accounted for. We find that female executives are disproportionately represented in firms with more temporal flexibility and female-friendly corporate cultures, but this does not explain the gender pay gap. Rather, corporate culture is correlated with gender pay gaps within firms; specifically the within-firm gender pay gap is significantly smaller at female-friendly firms." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2023 Elsevier) ((en))

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O'Brien, Wendy, Clare Hanlon & Vasso Apostolopoulos (2023): Women as leaders in male-dominated sectors: A bifocal analysis of gendered organizational practices. In: Gender, work & organization, Jg. 30, H. 6, S. 1867-1884. DOI:10.1111/gwao.13019

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"Women in male‐dominated sectors face significant challenges to progress their leadership aspirations. While organizations have activated policies and practices that ostensibly assist women to progress, they still face entrenched gendered practices and cultures that create ongoing obstacles. In this paper, we examine the gendered social practices from insights of 15 women leaders in Australia as they attempt to advance their careers. In particular, on formal policies, informal practices, narratives and social interactions, and informal patterns of unconscious bias and merit, they negotiate in three male‐dominated sectors: Trades, Sport, and Surgery. The findings indicate a disconnect between policies and their application. Women were conflicted about the importance of quotas, and often felt unable to access flexible work arrangements upon returning to work after parental leave. Career pathways were often unclear, and women felt a lack of support from their organization, particularly when they attempted to navigate dominant masculine cultures. Drawing on these findings, we argue that executive leaders are central to changing the systemic sexism and discrimination in organizations that persist in male‐dominated sectors. To create organizational changes necessary for women to step into leadership roles, we propose four target areas: create accessible and visible career pathways, provide networking support, activate mentoring opportunities, and address unconscious bias." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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De Paola, Maria, Francesca Gioia & Vincenzo Scoppa (2022): Female leadership: Effectiveness and perception. In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Jg. 201, S. 134-162. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2022.07.016

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"We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams was affected by the gender of the leader. About 430 students from an Italian University took an intermediate exam that was partly evaluated on the basis of teamwork. Students were randomly matched in teams of three and, in each team, we randomly chose a leader entrusted with the task of coordinating the work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven by the higher performance of team members in female-led teams rather than by an improvement in leader performance. In spite of the higher performance of female-led teams, male members tended to evaluate female leaders as less effective, whereas female members have provided more favorable judgments. Our results are consistent with stereotypically feminine personality traits influencing leadership style and the decision on the amount of effort to exert in a task where females are contravening stereotypical behavior and their traditional societal role." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier) ((en))

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Kauhanen, Antti (2022): Gender differences in corporate hierarchies. How and why do the careers of men and women differ? What policies could reduce the differences? (IZA world of labor 358,2), Bonn, 12 S. DOI:10.15185/izawol.358.v2

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"Forschungsergebnisse dokumentieren, dass Männer ihre berufliche Karriere durchweg auf einem höheren Ausgangsniveau der Unternehmenshierarchie starten und mit größerer Wahrscheinlichkeit befördert werden - die Folge ist eine markante geschlechtsspezifische Einkommenskluft hervor. Geschlechterunterschiede reflektieren sowohl die differierenden Entscheidungen von Frauen und Männern vor und nach ihrem Arbeitsmarkteintritt als auch ihre unterschiedliche Behandlung auf den Arbeitsmärkten. Die Politik konzentriert sich traditionell auf Antidiskriminierungsregeln. Ebenso wichtig sind allerdings Maßnahmen, die sich beruflichen Auszeiten und geschlechtsspezifischem Arbeitszeitangebot sowie sozialen Normen und den psychologischen Aspekten von Geschlechterunterschieden zuwenden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Kulich, Clara, Leire Gartzia, Meera Komarraju & Cristina Aelenei (2021): Contextualizing the think crisis-think female stereotype in explaining the glass cliff: Gendered traits, gender, and type of crisis. In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 16, H. 3. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0246576

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"The glass cliff suggests that women are more likely to access leadership positions when organizations are facing a crisis. Although this phenomenon is well established, it is still largely unknown how variations in types of crises influence the strength of the think crisis-think female association, and whether female leaders and leaders with communal gendered traits are both affected by this association. We hypothesized that selection of stereotypically feminine traits (communal leaders) is specific to a relational crisis because of a fit between leader traits and traits required by the situation. We further expected that the selection of women also extends to other crisis situations because other factors such as their signaling change potential may play a role. We investigated the associations that participants made with candidates who varied across gendered traits and gender and between two crisis situations involving problems with either stereotypically feminine (e.g., an internal disharmony) or masculine (e.g., a financial problem) components, and a no crisis situation control. Results from three experimental studies (Ns = 319, 384, 385) supported our hypotheses by showing that communal leaders were most strongly associated with a relational crisis and least with a financial crisis, with the no crisis context situated in-between. This pattern was explained by higher relevance ratings for communal leadership behavior in the relational crisis versus financial crisis context, with the no crisis context situated in-between. In contrast, female leaders were most strongly associated with the relational crisis and least with the no crisis context, with the financial crisis situated in-between. Specific explanatory mechanisms related to the female-crisis association are explored and discussed. Our findings suggest that implicit motivations for valuing feminine/communal leadership and atypical leaders in crisis situations need further research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Schultheiss, Donna E. (2021): Shining the light on women's work, this time brighter: Let's start at the top. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 126. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103558

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"As the percentage of women in the workforce grew over the past 50 years, so too began the slow assent of women into leadership roles, revealing a sharp trailing percentage of women from entry level to senior leadership positions. Although men's leadership has been studied extensively, women were largely overlooked in leadership theory and research until the late 1990s. In the context of the global pandemic, the threat to equity in women's work has enormously intensified, resulting in women leaving or considering leaving the workforce at rates that greatly exceed men. Modest gains in women achieving top leadership positions are at risk of being erased, as women face intense increased pressure at work and home. Persistent barriers and inequities in women's advancement to senior leadership are now in the spotlight during these unprecedented times, heightening the urgency to examine the current state and future direction of women's leadership. There is no better time to invest in diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership by turning attention to theory, research, and individual and organizational practices to drive women's advancement and success. This contribution to the 50th anniversary special issue addresses emerging leadership theories, women's leadership aspirations, and importantly, barriers to women's advancement to senior leadership." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Elsevier) ((en))

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Stojmenovska, Dragana & Paula England (2021): Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Workplace Authority. In: European Sociological Review, Jg. 37, H. 4, S. 626-640. DOI:10.1093/esr/jcaa064

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"This article answers several related questions: does parenthood affect whether women hold positions of authority? Is there a parenthood effect on authority for men? Is the gender gap in authority explained by a more deleterious effect of parenthood on women’s in comparison to men’s representation in positions of authority? Past studies of the relationship between parenthood and workplace authority have been limited in their ability to assess a causal effect of parenthood because most have employed a static approach, measuring the presence of children and the type of job held concurrently, using cross-sectional data. Using retrospective life course data from four rounds of the Family Survey of the Dutch Population and distributed fixed-effects models, we study within-person changes in having supervisory authority among women and men in the years before, around, and after the birth of their first child. The findings show a moderate negative effect of motherhood on women’s representation in authority, which is entirely explained by a reduction in the number of hours worked. Fatherhood has no effect on men’s representation in authority. The gender gap in supervisory authority between women and men grows over time but is already very large years before the transition to first-time parenthood." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bossler, Mario & Philipp Grunau (2020): Asymmetric information in external versus internal promotions. In: Empirical economics, Jg. 59, H. 6, S. 2977-2998., 2019-05-31. DOI:10.1007/s00181-019-01749-7

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"Für Beschäftigte existieren zwei Kanäle um eine Führungsposition zu erreichen: die externe und die interne Beförderung. Anhand der neuaufgelegten deutschen Beschäftigtenstatistik vergleichen wir externe und interne Beförderungen mithilfe eines multinomialen Logit-Modells und unter Kontrolle für die Heterogenität zwischen Arbeitgebern. Wir nehmen an, dass die Charakteristika von Beschäftigten abhängig von ihrer Sichtbarkeit innerhalb von Betrieben und über Betriebe hinweg abweichende Einflüsse ausüben. Wir zeigen, dass die Realarbeitszeit für interne Beförderungen eine bedeutsamere Informationsquelle darstellt als für externe. Demgegenüber spielen formale Ausbildungsabschlüsse und die ursprüngliche Aufgabenkomplexität, welche beide auch über Betriebe hinweg sichtbar sind, eine größere Rolle bei externen Beförderungen. Übereinstimmend mit dem Konzept statistischer Diskriminierung unterliegen Frauen und Ausländer bei externen Beförderungen einem stärker ausgeprägten Nachteil. Bei Frauen ist dieses Ergebnis vollständig auf Beförderungen zu Managern bzw. leitenden Angestellten zurückzuführen, welche durch hohe Aufgabenkomplexität gekennzeichnet sind. Darüber hinaus zeigt die Realarbeitszeit einen starken positiven Interaktionseffekt auf die Beförderungsaussichten von Frauen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bertrand, Marianne, Sandra E. Black, Sissel Jensen & Adriana Lleras-Muney (2019): Breaking the glass ceiling? The effect of board quotas on female labor market outcomes in Norway. In: The Review of Economic Studies, Jg. 86, H. 1, S. 191-239. DOI:10.1093/restud/rdy032

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"In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40% representation of each gender on the board of public limited liability companies. The primary objective of this reform was to increase the representation of women in top positions in the corporate sector and decrease the gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the women appointed to these boards post-reform were observably more qualified than their female predecessors along many dimensions, and that the gender gap in earnings within boards fell substantially. However, we see no robust evidence that the reform benefited the larger set of women employed in the companies subject to the quota. Moreover, the reform had no clear impact on highly qualified women whose qualifications mirror those of board members but who were not appointed to boards. Finally, we find mixed support for the view that the reform affected the decisions of young women. While the reform was not accompanied by any change in female enrollment in business education programmes, we do see some improvements in labour market outcomes for young women with graduate business degrees in their early career stages; however, we observe similar improvements for young women with graduate science degrees, suggesting this may not be due to the reform. Overall, seven years after the board quota policy fully came into effect, we conclude that it had very little discernible impact on women in business beyond its direct effect on the women who made it into boardrooms." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Buser, Thomas & Huaiping Yuan (2019): Do women give up competing more easily? Evidence from the lab and the Dutch Math Olympiad. In: American Economic Journal. Applied Economics, Jg. 11, H. 3, S. 225-252. DOI:10.1257/app.20170160

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"We use lab experiments and field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to show that women are more likely than men to stop competing if they lose. In a math competition in the lab, women are much less likely than men to choose competition again after losing in the first round. In the Math Olympiad, girls, but not boys, who fail to make the second round are less likely to compete again one year later. This gender difference in the reaction to competition outcomes may help to explain why fewer women make it to the top in business and academia." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gruhlich, Julia (2019): Weibliche Führungskräfte. Anzeichen für den Abbau androzentrischer Arbeitsstrukturen oder für die Anpassungsleistung der Subjekte? In: N. Burzan (Hrsg.) (2019): Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen, Göttingen, S. 1-9.

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"Frauen in Machtpositionen sind nicht mehr gänzlich undenkbar. Gleichwohl bilden weibliche Führungskräfte nach wie vor eine Rarität. In der Frage nach dem Aufstieg einiger weniger Frauen, lassen sich zwei verschiedene Erklärungsansätze polarisieren: Aus voluntaristischer Perspektive und entsprechend eines utilitaristischen Machbarkeitsdenkens ist der geringe Frauenanteil in Führungspositionen eine Frage des fehlenden Wollens oder Könnens der Subjekte. Aus strukturtheoretischer Perspektive wird das Handeln der Individuen durch die Zwänge und Möglichkeiten determiniert, die aus den strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen entstehen. Der geringe Frauenanteil in Führungspositionen wäre demnach das Resultat traditioneller Geschlechterordnung im Privaten, androzentrischer Arbeitsstrukturen und fehlender Fördermechanismen. Der Beitrag unternimmt den Versuch einer Vermittlung zwischen beiden Positionen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Joecks, Jasmin, Kerstin Pull & Katrin Scharfenkamp (2019): Perceived roles of women directors on supervisory boards. Insights from a qualitative study. In: German journal of human resource management, Jg. 33, H. 1, S. 5-31. DOI:10.1177/2397002218783925

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"The (under-)representation of women on corporate boards is much debated among the public as well as in academia. In our exploratory article, we contribute to the literature by investigating women directors' perceived roles by interviewing female as well as male board members and by employing the critical incident technique to address potential problems of social acceptancy. In the perception of board members, women directors fulfil three roles: they widen the boards' perspectives and thus act as (unique) experts, they objectify discussions and they act as mediators." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kauffeld, Simone & Daniel Spurk (Hrsg.) (2019): Handbuch Karriere und Laufbahnmanagement. (Springer Reference Psychologie), Berlin: Springer London, 1069 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-48750-1

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"Dieses Handbuch bietet einen interdisziplinären Einblick in verschiedene Forschungs- und Anwendungsfelder des Laufbahnmanagements sowie der Karriereplanung. Die thematische Bandbreite der einzelnen Beiträge reicht von der Berufswahl über die Laufbahnentwicklung, Laufbahnphasen, Laufbahnerfolg, Laufbahnberatung, Karriereentwicklung in Organisationen bis hin zu Austritt aus dem Erwerbsleben, Karriere-Coaching und weiteren Themen. Jedes Thema wird einheitlich gegliedert vorgestellt: Auf ein verständliches Fallbeispiel folgen Hinweise zur aktuellen Relevanz des Themas, ein Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand sowie ein Fazit für die Praxis." (Verlagsangaben, IAB-Doku)

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"Enterprises globally recognize the imperative of having a gender diverse workplace, including the integral benefits of having women in top decision-making positions. Mounting evidence shows that achieving gender balance and diverse management teams at all levels deliver positive business outcomes.
The second edition of Women in business and management explores the business case for gender diversity in the workplace, women's representation at management and board level and the various success factors that drive enterprise behaviour for inclusion. The report adds to the growing body of evidence that shows many enterprises are actively pursuing initiatives to boost the number of women in their talent pool but also shows that these efforts alone are insufficient. Enterprises still need to translate their policies into concrete action and critically address gender diversity within their organizational culture." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Brown, Ryan, Hani Mansour & Stephen O'Connell (2018): Closing the gender gap in leadership positions: Can expanding the pipeline increase parity? (IZA discussion paper 11263), Bonn, 42 S.

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"Gender gaps in leadership roles may be reduced by increasing the number of women in career stages that typically precede high-status positions. This can occur by increasing the supply of experienced women, inspiring new female candidates for these positions, and/or changing beliefs about women as leaders. In this study, we investigate whether and how adding women to a career pipeline can reduce gender gaps in higher-ranking positions over time. Specifically, we examine the effects of women's local electoral success on subsequent female candidacy at higher levels of government in India from 1977 to 2014. We use close elections won by women contesting state legislature seats to identify the effect of pipeline expansion on later candidacy for the national parliament. The results indicate that for each additional lower-level seat won by a woman, there is a 30 percent increase in the number of female candidates in subsequent national legislature elections. This effect is driven by new candidates and not by career politicians, and women receive a disproportionately favorable increase in the vote share. These effects are strongest in areas with low levels of existing female political participation and empowerment. The findings are consistent with a mechanism in which exposure reduces bias, allowing for updated beliefs about the viability of latent candidates who then run for higher office." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Guiso, Luigi & Aldo Rustichini (2018): What drives women out of management? The joint role of testosterone and culture. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 109, H. October, S. 221-237. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.008

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"Exploiting variation across communities in indices correlated with women emancipation, we show that in regions where women are less emancipated the average 2D4D Digit Ratio is lower than that of men compared to regions with higher indices, a finding that is consistent with the existence of gender related obstacles into management.
This finding can explain why: (a) fewer women than men are managers; (b) the proportion of women among managers is higher in countries with higher women emancipation; (c) women managers show more masculine traits. Once women enter management, they are equally able than man." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))

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Júlíusdóttir, Ólöf, Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir & Þorgerður Einarsdóttir (2018): Top managers and the gendered interplay of organizations and family life. The case of Iceland. In: Gender in management, Jg. 33, H. 8, S. 602-622. DOI:10.1108/GM-03-2017-0028

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"Iceland, along with the other Nordic countries, is seen as an international frontrunner in gender equality and equal sharing of responsibility for paid and unpaid work is part of the official ideology. Nevertheless, the number of women in leadership positions remains low. The purpose of this study is to analyse the practices that (re)produce power imbalances between women and men in business leadership both at the macro and the micro levels. This is done by using two theoretical explanations: gendered organizational practices and the interplay of organizations and family life." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Schmidt, Jörg & Oliver Stettes (2018): Frauen in Führungspositionen. Empirische Befunde auf Basis des IW-Personalpanels 2017. (IW-Report / Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln 2018,14), Köln, 43 S.

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"Seit langer Zeit wird in der Öffentlichkeit kontrovers über die Vertretung von Frauen in Führungspositionen diskutiert. Die vorliegende IW-Studie untersucht, welche Faktoren einen Einfluss auf die Vertretung von Frauen in Führungspositionen in deutschen Unternehmen haben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)