Why Are So Few Females Promoted into CEO and Vice President Positions? Danish Empirical Evidence, 1997?2007
In this paper, the probability of promotion into VP and CEO positions is estimated based on employer-employee data on all Danish companies observed during the period 1997-2007. After controlling for a large number of firm and family-related variables, including take-up history of maternity and paternity leave and proxies for 'female-friendly' companies, there is still a considerable gap in the promotion probabilities for CEO positions. Part of the gap is due to gender differences in the area of specialization as top executive. Women tend to cluster in VP-positions in HR, R&D and IT areas where the chances of a CEO promotion are lower than for positions as CFOs and VPs in Sales or Production areas.
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2013
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Authors: | Smith, Nina ; Smith, Valdemar ; Verner, Mette |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 66.2013, 2, p. 380-408
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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