This paper focuses on the topic of “soft skills” as an intrinsic part of successful leadership. The first part of the … paper presents a literature review about the shift in perspective in recent years on what matters in leadership, and the … trend, a number of interesting findings emerged, supporting the literature reviewed, that soft leadership skills, such as …

We address the issues raised by commentators on our paper in the symposium “Why few women in economics.†The … of women in economics and the natural sciences, today women’s and men’s mathematical skills are rapidly approaching … preferences which may deter women from entering academic fields with an overwhelming majority of men. In addition, the internal …

, and DNA, I show that the representation of women in the economics profession may be largely driven by persistent … women in economics may be to change economics itself so that it focuses on the actually-existing strengths of women in areas …

Economics will always have few women so long as Max U rules the roost. …