Mawdsley, John; Paolella, Lionel; Durand, Rodolphe - 2022
We offer a rivalry-based perspective of gender diversity as a form of competitive action. We theorize that a firm … alignment to gender parity expectations. Examining US corporate law firms and potential buyers of their services, we theorize … and find that when the buyers of rivals of the focal firm increase their gender diversity, the focal firm responds by …