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Why women on corporate boards are more than just tokens: an Indian perspective Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Sneh Bhardwaj, Damian Morgan, Natalie Elms
Purpose Situated in the context of India, where women’s representation on corporate boards remains low, this study aims to explore whether and how tokenism impacts the behaviours of female directors. Design/methodology/approach The boardroom experiences and perceptions of 14 women directors are explored through semi-structured interviews and analysed using an inductive and interpretive process. Also
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Implications of remote work in post-pandemic times: a gender risk profile in Colombian workers Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Ángela Ximena Campos García, Victoria Eugenia Cabrera-García, María del Carmen Docal-Millán, Lina María Acuña Arango, Fernando Riveros Munevar
Purpose Remote work has been intensifying in organizations, and the recent pandemic forced an immediate increase in it, ignoring its effect on the family. The purpose of this study was to analyze the work and personal-family life balance of Colombian workers during the lockdown and the effects on post-pandemic times. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative correlational study with a non-probabilistic
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Corporate social performance and board gender diversity: the moderating role of governance Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Cynthia R Phillips, Abraham Stefanidis, Victoria Shoaf
Purpose Drawing on legitimacy and upper-echelon theory, this paper aims to investigate the moderating role of corporate governance in the relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and board gender diversity (BGD). Design/methodology/approach Using Morgan Stanley Capital International measures of social and governance performance, the authors use 2,950 firm-year observations from US companies
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Unpacking the career transition process of returning women professionals in the Indian workplaces: a qualitative study Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Seema Das, Sumi Jha, Sumita Datta
Purpose This study aims to explore the career transition process of women professionals when they return to the workplace after a break and re-integrate with their career aspirations. Design/methodology/approach This research used a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews for data collection. All 20 women participants have returned to their careers after a break. Findings The data analysis
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Gender and leadership evaluations: what happens if we actually measure expectations–behavior incongruence? Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Connor Eichenauer, Ann Marie Ryan
Purpose Role congruity theory and gender stereotypes research suggests men are expected to engage in agentic behavior and women in communal behavior as leaders, and that role violation results in backlash. However, extant gender and leadership research does not directly measure expectations–behavior incongruence. Further, researchers have only considered one condition of role incongruence – display
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Reimagining work but operating with a no off button: experiences of working mothers in India during the COVID-19 pandemic Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Pooja Purang, Mahati Chittem, Haripriya Narsimhan
Purpose This study focuses on the work from home experiences of professional, middle and upper middle class married women with children in India during the COVID-19-induced lockdowns. This study aims to examine the experiences of changing nature of work and gendered realities of work–life balance for working mothers while working from home during the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured
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Tussle of identities: Indian women engineers on work–family conflict Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Pooja Purang, Archita Dutta, Sailee Biwalkar
Purpose This study aims to focus on understanding the work–family conflict of Indian women engineers through the lens of identity conflict. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews conducted with 20 Indian women engineers working in India and abroad of varying ages and work experience helped in understanding the types, sources and coping decisions about work–family conflicts experienced
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The moderating role of women directors in politically connected companies on the performance of Liberian companies Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Maria Elisabete Neves, Rui Guedes, Catarina Proença, Belen Lozano
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of political connections and gender diversity on the performance of Iberian companies as a singular market and considering Portugal and Spain separately. Design/methodology/approach The authors used panel data methodology, specifically GMM system estimation model by Arellano and Bond (1991) for the period from 2015 to 2020. Findings Results
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Evolving needs of men at the workplace: an Indian perspective Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sweta Sinha, Koustab Ghosh
Purpose This paper aims to explore the evolving needs of Indian men and their aspirations regarding work–life balance practices. The ultimate aim is to assess whether the available policies are helpful and to explore the various roadblocks in their implementation. Design/methodology/approach This study takes a qualitative approach and draws on the semi-structured interviews of Indian men (N = 19).
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“It is competence first”: executives navigating gender equality targets and meritocracy in technology companies Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Susanna Bairoh
Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how executives in technology companies relate to targets for gender equality, especially pertaining to top management. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on 19 interviews of CEOs, senior line managers and HR directors in ten technology companies operating in Finland. The method is (reflexive) thematic analysis. Findings Previous studies on
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Influence of task-related diversity of R&D employees on the development of organisational innovations: a gender perspective Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Adrian Testera Fuertes, Liliana Herrera
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the influence of workforce diversity on the firm’s likelihood to develop organisational innovations. Operationalising human resources diversity is not straightforward, and its effect has been rather overlooked in the context of non-technological innovations. This study analyses the impact of task-related diversity among research and development (R&D) unit workers
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The relationship between women and racial minority employees/managers and financial performance Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Katherine Taken Smith, John A. De Leon
Purpose Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have become prioritized goals of business, such as hiring more women and racial minorities. This study adds to the body of research regarding the value of diversity in organizations by examining the relationship between diversity at the workforce level and the financial performance of the organization. The empirical results of prior research have provided
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Female ownership and female directors’ moderating role as corporate governance monitoring mechanisms in increasing the value of Thai family-owned firms Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Wonlop Writthym Buachoom, Yot Amornkitvikai, Omar Al Farooque, Lan Sun
Purpose The phenomenon of “broken rungs” has prevented most women from attaining managerial positions relative to men. Despite this gender disparity in management, female executives are more likely to enhance shareholder trust due to higher ethical standards, which can be hypothesized to mitigate the negative impact of family ownership on firm value. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the moderating
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Setbacks, strain and stress: lived experiences of U.S. working mothers during COVID-19 Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Lisa Rosen, Shannon Scott, Bek Urban, Darian Poe, Roshni Shukla, Shazia Ahmed
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences of working mothers during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and assess their perceptions of the types of training opportunities that would help advance their careers as they navigated pandemic-related challenges. Design/methodology/approach In study 1, 53 participants responded to an online survey that included open-ended
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Cooperative organizational cultures: a factor promoting equal gender representation in leadership Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Nora Elena Daher-Moreno, Kara A. Arnold
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention. Based on the theory of planned behavior and social role theory, the indirect relationship between feminine gender identity and leadership intention was analyzed through affective motivation to lead and perceived leadership self-efficacy. In addition, drawing on the person–environment fit
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Female empowerment and masculinity – a cultural trait? Evidence from the CEE countries Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Aleksandra Gaweł, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Malgorzata Bartosik-Purgat
Purpose As women’s position in the economy and society is often explained by cultural factors, this study aims to verify whether the observed changes in female empowerment in the region of Central and East European (CEE) countries of the European Union (EU) are associated with masculinity as a cultural trait. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply the k-means clustering method to group CEE countries
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Blood is thicker than water: an analysis of women’s presence on Pakistani boards Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Eva Wagner, Helmut Pernsteiner, Aisha Riaz
Purpose This study aims to provide insights into gender diversity in Pakistani boardrooms, particularly for the dominant family business type, which is strongly guided by (non-financial) family-related objectives when making business decisions, such as the appointment of board members. Pakistani companies operate within the framework of weak legal institutions and a traditionally highly patriarchal
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Gender diversity of board of directors and shareholders: Machine learning exploration during COVID-19 Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Lenka Papíková, Mário Papík
Purpose European Parliament adopted a new directive on gender balance in corporate boards when by 2026, companies must employ 40% of the underrepresented sex into non-executive directors or 33% among all directors. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of gender diversity (GD) on board of directors and the shareholders’ structure and their impact on the likelihood of company bankruptcy during
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Think manager – Think male or female: exploring the content of gendered stereotypes of the managerial role among undergraduate business students in Ireland over a 10-year period Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Elaine Berkery, Nuala F. Ryan
Purpose Using Schein’s Descriptive Index (SDI), this paper aims to first examine gender role stereotypes and requisite managerial characteristics among Irish business students over a 10-year period. Then, the paper investigates whether there have been changes in gender role stereotypes during this period and subsequently unpack the reasons behind any changes recorded. Design/methodology/approach In
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Is there a mediating role of corporate social responsibility between board independence, board diversity, and dividend payouts decision? Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Muhammad Akram Naseem, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman
Purpose This study aims to investigate the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the link between board independence, board diversity and dividend payouts underpinning the agency theory perspective. As boards are ultimately responsible for decision-making, it includes CSR, dividend payouts and other strategic decisions. Design/methodology/approach Board independence and board diversity
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Examining women leaders’ identity conflict in a low gender egalitarian culture: a study of female corporate sector leaders in Pakistan Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Ayesha Bano, Sadia Nadeem
Purpose This study aims to explore the factors that build positive leadership identities in women and reduce woman-leader identity conflict in societies with low gender equality. In doing so, it responds to calls to examine the role of “context” for women aspiring to leadership roles. Design/methodology/approach The required data were collected through semistructured interviews with 30 senior-level
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Do female directors influence firm value? The mediating role of green innovation Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Kurnia Cahya Lestari, Noorlailie Soewarno
Purpose Building on the upper echelons and natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory, this study aims to examine the role of green innovation in mediating the relationship between female directors and firm value. Design/methodology/approach This study uses panel data for 2016–2020 of 108 manufacturing firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange with 518 observations. This study collects data from
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Development and validation of the InEquality in organisations Scale (InE-S): a measure based on Acker’s inequality regimes Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Susanne Tafvelin, Britt-Inger Keisu
Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a scale that can be used to assess inequality at work based on gender, age and ethnicity that is grounded in Acker’s (2006) inequality regimes. Design/methodology/approach The authors used three representative samples (total N = 1,806) of Swedish teachers, nurses and social workers to develop and validate the scale. The validation process included the
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Female chairs on the boards of European National Sports Federations: a comparative study Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 María Luisa Esteban Salvador, Emilia Pereira Fernandes, Tiziana Di Cimbrini, Charlie Smith, Gonca Güngör Göksu
Purpose This study aims to explore the impact of board size, board gender diversity and federation age on the likelihood of having a female chair in National Sports Federations (NSF). Design/methodology/approach A quantitative methodology compares 300 sports boards in five countries (Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the UK), using data collected from NSF’s websites. Findings The board size and federation
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Female creative managers as drivers for gender diversity in advertising creative departments: a critical mass approach Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 David Roca, Aina Suárez, Saraí Meléndez-Rodríguez
Purpose The scarcity of women in advertising creative departments has been reported globally, particularly in creative managerial roles. This study goes a step beyond this evidence since this paper aims to test whether having at least one token woman in creative managerial positions (token+) may be associated with a larger presence of females in low-level creative jobs compared to creative departments
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Gender diversity, foreign directors and sector-wise corporate philanthropic giving of Islamic banks in Bangladesh Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Umar Habibu Umar
Purpose This study aims to examine how board gender diversity and foreign directors influence the sector-wise corporate philanthropic giving (donation) of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Unbalanced panel data were extracted from the annual reports of Islamic banks in Bangladesh over 11 years, from 2010 to 2020. Findings The findings indicate that gender diversity significantly
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Empowering vs empowered: factors shaping women’s workplace empowerment in the Qatari public sector Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Rabia Naguib, Muznah Madeeha
Purpose Despite several policies in the Arab Gulf States aimed at promoting women’s empowerment through employment, women’s career progress has not met the expected gains. Workplace empowerment is a critical aspect of women’s economic empowerment. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the factors that contribute to workplace empowerment for women in the Qatari public sector. Design/methodology/approach
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A gender-oriented analysis of digital skills and ICT use intensity in tourism companies in Extremadura (Spain) Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Marcelino Sánchez-Rivero, Milagros Gutiérrez-Fernández, Yakira Fernández-Torres, Clara Gallego-Sosa
Purpose This study aims to use a novel approach, focusing on the manager’s gender, to explore whether it acts as a differentiator in the following aspects of tourist accommodation companies in Extremadura (Spain): the level of information and communication technology (ICT) specialisation of employees, managers’ knowledge of ICTs and the social media and online tourism platform use intensity of managers
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Impact of visual multimedia in improving entrepreneurial competence and economic self-efficacy among widowed women farmers Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Somtochukwu Victor Okeke, Nabaz Nawzad Abdullah, Shaibu Mohammed Onakpa, Peter Nwokolo, Joel C. Ugwuoke, Ngozi Agujiobi-Odoh, Verlumun Celestine Gever
Purpose This study aims to assess the impact of visual multimedia in improving entrepreneurial competence and economic self-efficacy among widowed women farmers. Design/methodology/approach The participants received entrepreneurial training through visual multimedia package. The sample size was made up of 540 widowed women farmers. The entrepreneurship competence and economic self-efficacy scales were
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CEO personal characteristics and firms’ risk-taking behaviour: the moderating role of family ownership Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Ali Amin, Rizwan Ali, Ramiz Ur Rehman, Collins G. Ntim
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) personal characteristics on firms’ risk taking and the moderating role of family ownership on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach This study used 2,647 firm-year observations of non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange over the period 2013–2021. To test the hypotheses, the authors used ordinary
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The influence of personality and team-member exchange on creativity: a gendered approach Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Ana Pérez-Luño, Rocio Aguilar-Caro, Maria F. Muñoz-Doyague
Purpose Given the general consensus that creativity is a crucial driving force for innovation and progress, understanding how to promote it would benefit individuals, companies, society and academia. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the independent and contingent impact of individuals’ personality traits, team-member exchange (TMX) and gender on stimulating creativity. Design/methodology/approach
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Gender discrimination and the backlash effect in recruitment and dismissal processes: experimental evidence from Slovakia Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Magdalena Adamus, Eva Ballová Mikušková
Purpose Following Goldberg’s paradigm, this study aims to investigate whether women and men are at risk of differential treatment by HR professionals in recruitment and dismissal processes and focuses on the impact of exogenous factors, such as discrimination and gender norms. Design/methodology/approach A total of 155 individuals with experience as HR professionals participated in a randomised vignette
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Exploring the paradox of gender preferred leadership in Kenya: a GLOBE study on gender egalitarianism and women in leadership Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Ella Ruth Anaya
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore gender gaps, values and practices in a Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country, specifically to identify gender inequality in Kenyan leadership and propose suggestions for advancing gender equity. Design/methodology/approach This Kenya study replicated the research design of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness Project for gathering
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Adopting a gender quota policy in Qatar: a path to gender equity Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Noora Lari
Purpose Societal barriers continue to cause gender disparities in women’s share of political authority. As a representative case study for the Arab Gulf region, this paper aims to investigate public opinion on adopting a nationwide quota for women’s participation in top government offices in the Qatar context. It gathers insights on the following question: How does public opinion respond to a proposed
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Organizational resistance through organizing principles: the case of gender equality in the military Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Arita Holmberg, Aida Alvinius
Purpose Previous studies show that the implementation of gender equality encounters resistance in military organizations, but it is often invisible or seen as confined to anonymous structures or troubled individuals. This paper aims to show how the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) use organizational principles to resist implementing gender equality measures. Design/methodology/approach The study is a qualitative
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Perceived/experienced sexism and perceptions of support and job attitudes Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Jacqueline Deuling, Jenell Lynn-Senter Wittmer, Kimberly Wilson, Adrian Thomas
Purpose This study aims to provide a psychometrically sound measure intended to capture perceived/experienced sexism in the workplace, the perceived/experienced sexism scale (PESS). PESS is used to consider the effects of perceived experiences of benevolent and hostile sexism at work, as well their relationships with perceived organizational support and the job attitudes of job satisfaction and turnover
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Do board gender diversity and remuneration impact earnings quality? Evidence from Spanish firms Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Paolo Saona, Laura Muro, Pablo San Martín, Ryan McWay
Purpose This study aims to investigate how gender diversity and remuneration of boards of directors’ influence earnings quality for Spanish-listed firms. Design/methodology/approach The sample includes 105 nonfinancial Spanish firms from 2013 to 2018, corresponding to an unbalanced panel of 491 firm-year observations. The primary empirical method uses a Tobit semiparametric estimator with firm- and
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Retaining U.S. stem women faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic: the important role of family-supportive supervisor behaviors to lower work-to-life conflict Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Katie M. Lawson, Soomi Lee, Claire Smith, Kelsey C. Thiem
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic may negatively impact the careers of U.S. women faculty in computer science (CS) – a field with few women and high attrition rates among women – due to difficulties balancing increased work and family demands (author citation). Thus, it is important to understand whether supervisors may help to decrease this work-to-life conflict and increase the odds of retaining women
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Girls’ and young women’s leader identity development: a scoping review Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Sakina Dixon, Jera Elizondo Niewoehner-Green, Stacy Smulowitz, Deborah N. Smith, Amy Rutstein-Riley, Trenae M. Thomas
Purpose This scoping review aims to examine peer-reviewed literature related to girls’ (age 0–18) and young women’s (age 19–30) leader identity development. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a scoping review. A research librarian was consulted at the start of the project. Two sets of search terms (one for each age group) were identified and then used to find publications via our selected
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Challenges and considerations for building executive presence in North American female professionals of Asian descent Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Charlotte D. Shelton, Monica Haisheng Wu
Purpose This study aims to identify the specific challenges that North American female professionals of Asian descent face in building executive presence and make recommendations for mitigating those challenges. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 female executives of Asian descent in diverse U.S. and Canadian organizations. The goal was to explore their perceptions
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Women in uniform breaking the glass ceiling? An exploratory study of female officers in leadership positions in Ghana’s Security Services Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Ummu Markwei, Esther Julia Attiogbe, Abena Asomaning Antwi, Georgina Korkor Boafo
Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine how women become leaders in the Security Services in Ghana and the challenges they face in the discharge of their responsibilities. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative phenomenological approach was adopted to explore the intentions and opinions of the participants, interpret their worlds through their lived experiences and present a clearer understanding
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Labour attitudes towards gender equity in Spain: the role of education throughout an economic cycle Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Ana I. Gil-Lacruz, Marta Gil-Lacruz, Amparo Gracia Bernal, Mónica Flores-García, Paola Domingo-Torrecilla
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the background and consequences of the Spanish job market on the employment conditions of Spanish women and on underlying attitudes on gender role in the working environment. Design/methodology/approach From the European Social Survey (2004, 2008, 2010, 2016), the authors draw a sample of 3,706 individuals aged from 25 to 64 years old living in Spain
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Female CEOs and default risk in listed family firms Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Isabel Abinzano, Lucia Garcés-Galdeano, Beatriz Martinez
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of female CEO board members on listed family firms’ corporate default risk, integrating upper echelons theory with social role theory and the socio-emotional wealth approach and proxying default risk with the Black–Scholes–Merton model. It also searches for possible differences attributable to the type of female CEO. Design/methodology/approach
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Wage dispersion and sports performance: does gender matter? Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Margarita Arutiunova, Thadeu Gasparetto
Purpose Previous studies focused predominantly on wage dispersion within men’ sports teams. This study aims to reveal how the relationship between wage dispersion and team performance applies for women’s sport. Design/methodology/approach The sample comprises 168 observations of four consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) regular seasons
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Burnout effect on working mothers in leadership positions during the COVID-19 lockdown Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Yvette Mucharraz y Cano, Diana Davila Ruiz, Karla Cuilty Esquivel
Purpose This study aims to understand how the recent COVID-19 pandemic impacted burnout levels among working mothers in leadership positions and how income and work schemes play an important role in their burnout. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 961 working mothers and fathers in leadership positions in Mexico under different work schemes during the COVID-19 lockdown. Snowball
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The importance of a critical mass of women on boards to reduce the gender pay disparity among non-executive directors Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Valentina Tarkovska, Patricia Gabaldon, Raluca Valeria Ratiu
Purpose The interest in promoting diversity in corporate governance is increasing gender equality on boards. Even so, previous research shows that women are underrepresented on boards of directors. This study aims to explore how an increasing presence of women on boards reduces gender pay disparity among nonexecutive directors (NEDs). Design/methodology/approach This study explores how an increasing
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Addressing virtual work challenges through women’s innate compassionate managerial leadership behaviors: the case of Nigeria Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Benedict Ogbemudia Imhanrenialena, Wilson Ebhotemhen, Ibe Benjamin Chukwu, Ozioma Happiness Obi-Anike, Anthony Aziegbemin Ekeoba
Purpose This paper aims to explore how women’s compassionate leadership behaviors relate to physical isolation, trust building and turnover intention in virtual work environments in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected quantitative data through two-wave surveys from 428 respondents in virtual work environments across public and private organizations in Nigeria. The proposed hypotheses
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The influence of protean attitude for women in STEM careers: coping-self efficacy as foundational and strong career identity as outcome Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Lama Blaique, Ashly Pinnington, Hazem Aldabbas
Purpose The under-representation of women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers is a persistent problem worldwide. This dilemma is exacerbated by the fact that an insufficient number of women enroll in STEM studies, and a significant proportion of those who do join then opt out of their STEM careers at different points in their lives. The protean attitude emphasizes
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Why are not men and women more alike? Gender and clawbacks in the trade-off between accrual and real activity earnings manipulation Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Ratna Candra Sari, Mahfud Sholihin, Zuhrohtun Zuhrohtun, Ida Ayu Purnama, Patriani Wahyu Dewanti, Umi Syafaatul Udhma
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the trade-off between accrual and real activity earnings manipulation by considering gender and punishment as one aspect of clawbacks. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the research objectives, experimental design research was used, involving 183 professional accountants in Indonesia. This was followed by interviews with board members of public companies
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“They expect me to be caring”: the challenges of claiming an androgynous leadership approach Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Julie Hardaker, Suzette Dyer, Fiona Hurd, Mark Harcourt
Purpose This study aims to explore the experience of performing androgynous leadership approaches by New Zealand women leaders within the context of everyday conflict situations. Design/methodology/approach The research question “How do women leaders experience gender in conflict situations?” was explored through the facilitation of 4 focus groups with 19 senior female leaders in New Zealand. Poststructural
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Building bridges between gender and family business literature to advance women’s empowerment Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Amaia Maseda, Txomin Iturralde, Gloria Aparicio, Sarah Y. Cooper
Purpose This study aims to underline the importance of addressing gender issues in family firms. It reinvigorates research in this field by revealing its current state, identifying research gaps and suggesting future agendas. Design/methodology/approach A bibliometric approach using a co-word analysis of 376 papers from the Web of Science database and their 885 keywords was performed to reveal the
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Does employees’ gender matter? Investigating the indirect effect of abusive supervision on employee creativity through job insecurity in Indonesia Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Syamsidah Syamsidah, Hillman Wirawan, Rudi Salam
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of abusive supervision on employees’ creativity through the mediating role of job insecurity and the moderating role of subordinate gender in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from various sources using online recruitment methods. The abusive supervision scale, job insecurity scale and employee creativity scale were the three
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A study on barriers to women’s leadership in India through ISM Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Aparna Bahar Kulkarni, Ritesh Khatwani, Mahima Mishra
Purpose This study aims to identify the critical barriers to women’s leadership in Indian corporate sector using the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach. Design/methodology/approach Through data obtained from extant literature and the expert opinion of women seeking higher managerial positions in the Indian corporate sector, this study identified total 18 barriers to women’s leadership
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Antecedents of economic empowerment: an empirical study of working women in Delhi-NCR Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Swati Rohatgi, Navneet Gera, Léo-Paul Dana
Purpose Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) has emerged as a key component at national and international policy-making agendas. The purpose of this paper is to examine and validate the antecedents of WEE for urban working women. Design/methodology/approach This study used a descriptive and exploratory research design. A total of 286 responses from women working in the formal sector of Delhi-NCR were
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Managerial stereotypes over time: the rise of feminine leadership Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Sanne Feenstra, Janka I. Stoker, Joris Lammers, Harry Garretsen
Purpose A key obstacle to women’s advancement to managerial roles and leadership positions is the stereotype of the “good” manager, which is characterized by masculine traits. Although this gendered managerial stereotype has been very persistent over the past decades, Powell et al. (2021) recently showed that business students in the USA reported a decreased preference for masculine leadership traits
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Mind the gap: an empirical analysis of pay discrimination in Hollywood Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Charlotte Kräft, Daniel Kaimann, Bernd Frick
Purpose This study aims to identify and explain a possible gender pay gap in the creative industry. By using the salary information of Hollywood actors, this paper restricts the analysis to a relatively homogenous group of workers. In addition, actors' human capital endowments and past performance can be measured precisely. The factors that impact the salaries of movie stars are likely to influence
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The impact of differentiated empowering leadership on employees’ depression: moderation of employees’ envy and gender Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Neelam Qasim, Muhammad Arshad, Omer Farooq, Rabeeya Raoof
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of differentiated empowering leadership on employees’ depression. Using the behavioral theory of depression, this study further explores the simultaneous moderation of gender and employees’ envy on the relationship between such leadership and employees’ depression. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using two surveys conducted with a time
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The impact of female board directors on effective investment management: evidence from Korean firms Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 HyukJun Kwon, Changjin Moon, Jinhwan Kim
Purpose Board gender diversity is an important component of sound corporate governance. This paper aims to examine the influence that female board directors in listed firms in Korea have on effective investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach The authors used 4,117 data items related to finance and governance from FnGuide for listed Korean firms between 2014 and 2019. The authors analyzed the
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A longitudinal study investigating changing implicit leadership theory in an Irish business school Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Elaine Berkery, Nuala F. Ryan
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate changing implicit leadership theories (ILTs) within a business student population over a ten-year period. Design/methodology/approach Students from the same business student population rated men, women and managers in general, using Schein’s Descriptive Index, first during the academic year 2008–2009 and again in 2018–2019. Findings In Sample 1, the
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How do institutional environment and entrepreneurial cognition drive female and male entrepreneurship from a configuration perspective? Gender in Management (IF 3.337) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Chengmeng Chen, Yongchun Huang, Shangshuo Wu
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender differences in entrepreneurship driven by configurations of institutional environment and entrepreneurial cognition, and provide theoretical guidance and practical reference for promoting female and male entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Based on a configuration perspective, six antecedents of institutional environment and entrepreneurial