Women in leadership and the bewildering glass ceiling

MA Chisholm-Burns, CA Spivey… - American Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
DOI 10.2146/ajhp160930 the workplace, particularly as they try to move up the career
ladder. Women in work force sectors such as healthcare (including pharmacy) and …

Women in high places: When and why promoting women into top positions can harm them individually or as a group (and how to prevent this)

N Ellemers, F Rink, B Derks, MK Ryan - Research in organizational …, 2012 - Elsevier
This contribution focuses on women in leadership positions. We propose that two
convictions are relevant to the effects of having women in high places. On the one hand …

Women on boards and firm financial performance: A meta-analysis

C Post, K Byron - Academy of management Journal, 2015 - journals.aom.org
Despite a large body of literature examining the relationship between women on boards and
firm financial performance, the evidence is mixed. To reconcile the conflicting results, we …

Does the presence of independent and female directors impact firm performance? A multi-country study of board diversity

S Terjesen, EB Couto, PM Francisco - Journal of Management & …, 2016 - Springer
This study empirically analyzes whether gender diversity enhances boards of directors'
independence and efficiency. Using data from 3,876 public firms in 47 countries and …

The business case for women leaders: Meta-analysis, research critique, and path forward

JM Hoobler, CR Masterson, SM Nkomo… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the 1990s, a growing body of research has sought to quantify the relationship
between women's representation in leadership positions and organizational financial …

Gender diversity in the boardroom and firm performance: What exactly constitutes a “critical mass?”

J Joecks, K Pull, K Vetter - Journal of business ethics, 2013 - Springer
The under-representation of women on boards is a heavily discussed topic—not only in
Germany. Based on critical mass theory and with the help of a hand-collected panel dataset …

Gender diversity on the board of directors and corporate risk: A behavioural agency theory perspective

J Poletti-Hughes, GC Briano-Turrent - International Review of Financial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The benefit of gender diversity on the board of directors is a subject of current debate. We
contribute to the literature on diversity and its impact on businesses from an analytical …

CEO gender, ethical leadership, and accounting conservatism

SSM Ho, AY Li, K Tam, F Zhang - Journal of business ethics, 2015 - Springer
Since male CEOs dominate corporate leadership, the literature on top management
decision making suffers from an implicit masculine bias. Although research indicates that …

Chief Executive Officer attributes, board structures, gender diversity and firm performance among French CAC 40 listed firms

A Ahmadi, N Nakaa, A Bouri - Research in International Business and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Reflecting investor expectations, most prior corporate governance research attempt to find
the effect duality Role of Chief Executive Officer, board structures and firm financial …

Women on boards: do they affect sustainability reporting?

B Fernandez‐Feijoo, S Romero… - Corporate Social …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable reports are the basic tool used to reflect and communicate stakeholder
dialogue. Therefore, sustainability reporting has become a key element for strategic …