Explaining differences in CEO gender diversity across industries: Do personality traits matter?

IF 5.5 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Global Finance Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI:10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100986

Tom Aabo , Malene Hansen , Sara Husted Krog , Katrine Kynde

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Abstract

Women are severely underrepresented in the upper echelons. We show that female CEOs score higher (lower) than their male peers on personality traits that correlate positively (negatively) with leadership. Thus, it seems that female CEOs must be more “leaderlike” to emerge and survive on a non-level playing field. The degree of female underrepresentation is not uniform across industries. CEO personality traits differ 1) across industries and 2) between genders. Thus, we argue and show that the (lack of) alignment between the CEO personality traits of the industry and the personality traits of female CEOs is a likely explaining factor for the relative over- and underrepresentation of female CEOs in specific industries. Our findings are important in understanding one of the industry-related obstacles that women face in reaching the upper echelons in the corporate world.

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解释各行业首席执行官性别多样性的差异：个性特征重要吗？

女性在高层中的代表性严重不足。我们的研究表明，在与领导力正相关（负相关）的人格特质方面，女性首席执行官的得分高于（低于）男性同行。由此看来，女性首席执行官必须更具 "领导力"，才能在不公平的竞争环境中脱颖而出。各行各业女性代表人数不足的程度并不一致。不同行业和不同性别的首席执行官个性特征各不相同。因此，我们认为并表明，行业首席执行官个性特征与女性首席执行官个性特征之间（缺乏）一致性，很可能是特定行业中女性首席执行官比例相对过高或过低的一个解释因素。我们的研究结果对于理解女性在进入企业界高层时所面临的与行业相关的障碍之一非常重要。

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Global Finance Journal BUSINESS, FINANCE-

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

13.50%

发文量

106

审稿时长

53 days

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