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We review recent studies on management practices and their consequences for women in the workplace. First, the High … coworkers may hamper women’s career advancement. Third, individual incentive linking pay to objective performance may enhance …
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We study the relationship between gender diversity on boards and corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). We hypothesize a bi-directional causality. Firms exposed to CSI incidents are likely to increase their board gender diversity for reputational purposes. At the same time, board gender...
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Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …
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Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women's careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …
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responsibility (CSR) interventions in female education programmes in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total of 800 rural women … were sampled across the region. The results from the logit model showed that rural women depended on CSR interventions of … MOCs to address some of the logistical and cultural challenges associated with women’s access to post-secondary education …
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(MOCs) on empowerment of rural women in strengthening agriculture-tourism linkages in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total … of 800 rural women were sampled across the region. Results from the use of a logit model indicates that rural women … direct participation of the rural women from GMoUs programmes, achieving gender equality and cultural change would be limited …
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(GMoU) on development of rural women's traditional enterprises in the Niger Delta region. A total of 2400 women were sampled … undermined those initiatives that focused on empowering rural women in traditional enterprises, due to the cultural and … traditional context in the region. This causes both direct harm to women and their children, and wider costs to African economies …
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-sectional, describing and interpreting the current situation. A total of 768 women respondents were sampled across the rural areas of the … research contributes to the inequality debate in the women's nutrition and inclusive growth literature from the CSR perspective …
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We investigate the relationship between the corporate social responsibility practices of local domestic firms and their engagement with foreign markets using four waves of panel data on a sample of more than 4,500 manufacturing firms from Viet Nam. We develop a measure of corporate social...
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