Doctoral Dissertation Reseach: Making the Team: Gender, Money, and Mobility in Wall Street Investment Banks

博士论文研究：打造团队：华尔街投资银行的性别、金钱和流动性

• 批准号: 9810924
• 负责人: Jo Dixon
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-15 至 2000-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9810924&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Reseach; Making; Team

This doctoral dissertation research project seeks to uncover sex differences in success in prestigious financial careers. The existence of a "glass ceiling" blocking women's advancement in organizations has been well-documented, however the processes that create this ceiling effect are not well-understood. "Wall Street" financial institutions represent a new and important frontier in glass ceiling research. The proposed research will address several questions: (1) To what extent do co-worker and/or client relationships influence success, and are there sex differences in this influence? (2) How does the work environment affect women's and men's careers? (3) To what extent are barriers to women's success related to social pressures outside of work? (4) Compared to men, what obstacles do women face early in their careers? (5) Are there gender differences in turnover and, if so, what accounts for them? Answers to these questions will be sought through in-depth interviews with men and women who entered investment banking careers as associates in Wall Street's most prestigious investment banks during the early 1990s. The project should accomplish several goals: It will (1) provide a unique, systematic comparison of men and women who begin their careers from similar backgrounds; (2) shed light on the processes that operate to maintain glass ceilings; (3) employ a systematic analysis of informal networks, the importance of which only has been documented anecdotally; (4) allow an important comparison between individuals who are successful and those who leave the career--a comparison not considered by most glass ceiling research; and (5) represent the first study of employment patterns and interpersonal dynamics in elite Wall Street firms.

这个博士论文研究项目旨在揭示在著名的金融职业中成功的性别差异。阻碍妇女在组织中晋升的“玻璃天花板”的存在已得到充分记载，但造成这种天花板效应的过程并不十分清楚。“华尔街”金融机构代表了玻璃天花板研究的一个新的重要前沿。本研究将探讨以下几个问题：（1）同事和/或客户关系在多大程度上影响成功，这种影响是否存在性别差异？(2)工作环境如何影响妇女和男子的职业？(3)妇女成功的障碍在多大程度上与工作以外的社会压力有关？(4)与男性相比，女性在职业生涯早期面临哪些障碍？(5)在人员更替方面是否存在性别差异，如果存在，原因是什么？这些问题的答案将通过深入采访进入投资银行职业生涯的男性和女性谁在华尔街最负盛名的投资银行在20世纪90年代初的合作伙伴寻求。该项目应实现以下几个目标：（1）对开始职业生涯背景相似的男性和女性进行独特、系统的比较;（2）阐明维持玻璃天花板的过程;（3）对非正式网络进行系统的分析，其重要性仅被零星记录;（4）允许在成功的个人和离开职业生涯的人之间进行重要的比较--大多数玻璃天花板研究都没有考虑这种比较;（5）代表了对华尔街精英公司的就业模式和人际关系动态的首次研究。