Gender in Management: Volume 38 Issue 6

The impact of female board directors on effective investment management: evidence from Korean firms

HyukJun Kwon, Changjin Moon, Jinhwan Kim

Board gender diversity is an important component of sound corporate governance. This paper aims to examine the influence that female board directors in listed firms in Korea have…

Addressing virtual work challenges through women’s innate compassionate managerial leadership behaviors: the case of Nigeria

Benedict Ogbemudia Imhanrenialena, Wilson Ebhotemhen, Ibe Benjamin Chukwu, Ozioma Happiness Obi-Anike, Anthony Aziegbemin Ekeoba

This paper aims to explore how women’s compassionate leadership behaviors relate to physical isolation, trust building and turnover intention in virtual work environments in…

Mind the gap: an empirical analysis of pay discrimination in Hollywood

Charlotte Kräft, Daniel Kaimann, Bernd Frick

This study aims to identify and explain a possible gender pay gap in the creative industry. By using the salary information of Hollywood actors, this paper restricts the analysis…

Managerial stereotypes over time: the rise of feminine leadership

Sanne Feenstra, Janka I. Stoker, Joris Lammers, Harry Garretsen

A key obstacle to women’s advancement to managerial roles and leadership positions is the stereotype of the “good” manager, which is characterized by masculine traits. Although…

Antecedents of economic empowerment: an empirical study of working women in Delhi-NCR

Swati Rohatgi, Navneet Gera, Léo-Paul Dana

Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) has emerged as a key component at national and international policy-making agendas. The purpose of this paper is to examine and validate the…

“They expect me to be caring”: the challenges of claiming an androgynous leadership approach

Julie Hardaker, Suzette Dyer, Fiona Hurd, Mark Harcourt

This study aims to explore the experience of performing androgynous leadership approaches by New Zealand women leaders within the context of everyday conflict situations.

The importance of a critical mass of women on boards to reduce the gender pay disparity among non-executive directors

Valentina Tarkovska, Patricia Gabaldon, Raluca Valeria Ratiu

The interest in promoting diversity in corporate governance is increasing gender equality on boards. Even so, previous research shows that women are underrepresented on boards of…