Brüning, A.M (2022) Are benefits of female leaders for female workers dependent on similarity in work-life characteristics? Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
It is commonly believed that increasing the number of female leaders in corporate organizations will positively influence gender equality in the workplace. However, there are mixed findings whether women’s higher representation in boards of corporations reduces gender inequality. I investigate how the work and family characteristics of female leaders and female workers, as well as the similarity between these characteristics, influence female leaders’ impact on the gender wage gap. Yearly panel analyses with organization and year fixed effects are conducted on linked employer-employee register microdata of 19699 Dutch companies during the period of 2006-2018. I examine the effects of changes in the gender composition of corporate boards and the employment- and parenthood status of female board members on female workers’ careers. For all analyses, the effects of both directorate board members and the CEO are investigated. The findings show that female employees’ careers benefit from female leaders, but this benefit depends on 1) the position of female leaders and their work-family characteristics, 2) the work-family characteristics of workers, as well as 3) similarity between female leader and worker work-family characteristics.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Lippenyi, Z. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Sociology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2022 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2022 08:47 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/143 |
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