In recent years, a proliferation of research has supported the “business case” for diversity, in
which scholars collect empirical data to demonstrate a relationship between the …

Since 1970, women have made substantial inroads into management jobs. But most women
are in lower-and middle-management jobs; few are in top-management jobs. Human capital …

The social construction of gender has led to differences in beliefs, knowledge, experiences,
or networks between women and men. Some argue that mixed gender teams can show …

Women are underrepresented in startups, but research on “joiners”—nonfounder employees
attracted to startup work—offers limited explanations for why such underrepresentation …

Against the backdrop of spirited public and academic discourse about women's low visibility
in corporate leadership positions, we examine board gender diversity's influence on …

Abstract [Excerpt] Prior to the publication of Kanter's seminal Men and Women of the
Corporation in 1977, the field of organizational studies exhibited a striking degree of oblivion …

We model team formation as a random matching process influenced by agents' preferences
for team size and gender composition. We then test if the coauthorship pattern in articles …

Do women promote other women? We investigate this question through the lens of gender
role theory and managerial discretion. While the trickle-down effect suggests that women in …

Based on a survey of empirical research on gender in organizations published over a twenty-
year period, we argue that, cumulatively, studies of sex difference tend to neglect …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how gender diversity in top management–ie
boardroom and top management positions–affects business performance among …