Is there an implicit quota on women in top management? A large-sample statistical analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dezso, Cristian L.; Ross, David Gaddis; Uribe, Jose
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2461
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 98-115
• 关键词: gender; diversity; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; simulation; spatial statistics

摘要

This article advances strategic management by developing a data-driven simulation method to analyze how the characteristics of a group influence the characteristics of the group's components. We apply our method to the underrepresentation of women in the top management of S&P 1,500 firms. Although extant research suggests that the presence of women in top management could be self-reinforcing, we theorize and provide strong evidence that women face an implicit quota, whereby a firm's leadership makes an effort to have a small number of women in top management, but makes less effort to have, or even resists having, larger numbers of women. In consequence, the presence of a woman on a top management team reduces the likelihood that another woman occupies a position on that team. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.