Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women's Influence in Teams

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Karpowitz, Christopher F.; O'Connell, Stephen D.; Preece, Jessica; Stoddard, Olga
• 署名单位: Brigham Young University; Emory University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/729578
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 3077-3114
• 关键词: TOKEN WOMEN; performance; IMPACT; work; diversity

摘要

This article studies the effect of team gender composition and leadership on women's influence in two field experiments. Study 1 finds that male-majority teams accord disproportionately less influence to women and are less likely to choose women to represent the team externally. We replicate this finding in a new context, where we also vary the gender of an assigned team leader. We find that a female leader substantially increases women's influence, even in male-majority teams. With a model of discriminatory voting, we show that either increasing women's share or assigning a female leader decreases the penalty women face by more than 50%.