Idea posted: December 2024

Institutions: West Texas A&M University    Monash University   

While the extent of the gender gap in leadership roles is well documented, researchers continue to seek out the reasons for the tenacity of this gap despite a consensus for…

Idea posted: August 2024

Institutions: Haskayne School of Business    Beedle School of Business; University of Calgary    Simon Fraser University   

Women continue to battle inequality and discrimination in many different forms in companies and organizations. While progress has been made, many women continue to be paid less than men, to…

Idea posted: August 2024

Institutions: University of La Rioja; University of Surrey   

The COVID-19 crisis has sparked new interest in the resilience of organizations in the face of a widespread crisis on the scale of the pandemic. A study by a team…

Idea posted: July 2024

Institutions: Vanderbilt University    University of Virginia    University of Toronto   

As more politicians and courts turn against Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) programs, more firms and organizations are proactively dropping these programs to avoid future lawsuits. How will this trend impact…

Idea posted: June 2024

Institutions: Drucker School of Management    Claremont Graduate University    Chulalongkorn University   

The retirement of boomers from the workforce offers opportunities for companies to fulfill their promise to diversify their leadership by encouraging and enabling more women, LGBTQ+, people of color, Native…

Idea posted: February 2024

Institutions: BlackRock, Inc.   

The poor numbers relating to gender diversity that is, the significant underrepresentation of women in positions of leadership in business are well known. Gender diversity is not just a question…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: London School of Economics   

In November 2020, the advocacy group Women in Banking and Finance launched a four-year research program, entitled Accelerating Change Together, to address gender and diversity issues in the financial and…

Idea posted: May 2022

Institutions: LMU Munich    University of Konstanz   

Prior research has revealed a ‘glass cliff’ phenomenon: Companies in crisis situations are more likely to appoint women top managers than companies that are not in trouble. These disproportionate crisis…

Idea posted: December 2021

Institutions: Joint Research Center-European Commission    Goldsmiths, University of London    Eurofound Dublin   

Drawing from a unique database of information spanning 25 years and taking a unique approach to defining work, a team of European researchers offer a mix of expected and unexpected…