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Women have to enter the leadership race to win : using random selection to increase the supply of women into senior positions
Goodall, Amanda H.; Osterloh, Margit - 2015
The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the … biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under …-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk averse than men in some settings; and, most importantly, women …
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Women at the top in developing countries : evidence from firm-level data
Sekkat, Khalid; Szafarz, Ariane; Tojerow, Ilan - 2015
leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is key. The chief executive of firms with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396743
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The determinants of virtue : modelling changes in the CSR ratings of Chinese firms
Wu, Shuangqi; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Jinming, Wang - 2017
Most empirical studies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) use cross-sectional data or case studies, making causality hard to establish. We overcome this limitation by using panel data on Chinese firms. We find no effect of last year's profits on CSR ratings, although their negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011762251
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Female workers, male managers : gender, leadership, and risk-taking
Rinne, Ulf; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2019
data from international top-level women's soccer, we provide evidence that male coaches show a lower level of risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130097
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On the effectiveness of elected male and female leaders and team coordination
Reuben, Ernesto; Timko, Krisztina - 2017
We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is democratically elected or is randomly-selected. Leaders use non-binding messages to try to convince followers to coordinate on the Pareto-efficient equilibrium. We find that teams...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607378
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Teamwork, leadership and gender
De Paola, Maria; Gioia, Francesca; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2018
work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916649
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Do workers discriminate against female bosses?
Abel, Martin - 2019
I hire 2,700 workers for a transcription job, randomly assigning the gender of their (fictitious) manager and provision of performance feedback. While praise from a manager has no effect, criticism negatively impacts workers' job satisfaction and perception of the task's importance. When female...
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Are employees better off in socially responsible firms?
Tamm, Katrin; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - 2010
The growing awareness of the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has raised the questions about how responsible behavior of firms would impact employees' well-being. This paper investigates the link between corporate social responsibility and job satisfaction, which is a more widely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315293
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The "entrepreneurial boss" effect on employees' future entrepreneurship choices : a role model story?
Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016
Both organizational and sociological approaches in entrepreneurship research highlight the importance of social context in shaping individual preferences for entrepreneurship. An influential contextual factor that has not been studied in entrepreneurship research is one's boss at work. Do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518066
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Sex differences in managerial style : from individual leadership to organisational labour relationships
Melero, Eduardo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
where the presence of women at management is higher are driven in a more democratic fashion, with more interpersonal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485565