Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?
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DOI：
10.1287/mnsc.1110.1452
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Funk, Patricia
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作者：
Adams, Renee B.;Funk, Patricia
大量的文献资料表明，女性在选择和偏好方面与男性不同，但对董事会中的性别差异知之甚少。如果女性必须像男性一样打破玻璃天花板，我们可能会期望性别差异在董事中消失。通过对董事的大规模调查，我们发现女性和男性董事在核心价值观和风险态度方面存在系统性差异，但与一般人群中的性别差异不同。这些结果对于控制可观察特征的差异具有鲁棒性。与对人口的调查结果一致，女性董事比男性董事更仁慈和普遍关心，但更少的权力导向。然而，与对人口的调查结果相比，她们不像男性那样注重传统和安全。他们也比男性董事更喜欢冒险。因此，董事会中有一名女性并不一定会导致更规避风险的决策。
A large literature documents that women are different from men in their choices and preferences, but little is known about gender differences in the boardroom. If women must be like men to break the glass ceiling, we might expect gender differences to disappear among directors. Using a large survey of directors, we show that female and male directors differ systematically in their core values and risk attitudes, but in ways that differ from gender differences in the general population. These results are robust to controlling for differences in observable characteristics. Consistent with findings for the population, female directors are more benevolent and universally concerned but less power oriented than male directors. However, in contrast to findings for the population, they are less tradition and security oriented than their male counterparts. They are also more risk loving than male directors. Thus, having a woman on the board need not lead to more risk-averse decision making.