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dc.contributor.authorKurtulus, Fidan Anaen
dc.contributor.authorTomaskovic-Devey, Donalden
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-25T07:18:55Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-25T07:18:55Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/64209-
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women in top management on subsequent female representation in lowerlevel managerial positions in U.S. firms. Our key findings show that an increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in mid-level management positions within firms, and this result is robust to controlling for firm size, workforce composition, federal contractor status, firm fixed effects, year fixed effects and industry-specific trends. The influence of women in top management positions is stronger among federal contractors, in firms with larger female labor forces, and for white women. We also find that the positive influence of women in top leadership positions on managerial gender diversity diminishes over time, suggesting that women at the top play a positive but transitory role in women's career advancement.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Massachusetts, Department of Economics |cAmherst, MAen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2011-14en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelJ44en
dc.subject.jelJ62en
dc.subject.jelJ71en
dc.subject.jelJ78en
dc.subject.jelJ82en
dc.subject.jelM51en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWomen Managersen
dc.subject.keywordGender Diversityen
dc.subject.keywordDiscriminationen
dc.subject.keywordMentoringen
dc.subject.keywordPromotionsen
dc.subject.keywordHiring and Retentionen
dc.subject.stwWeibliche Führungskräfteen
dc.subject.stwWeibliche Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwErwerbsverlaufen
dc.subject.stwMittleres Managementen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleDo women top managers help women advance? A panel study using EEO-1 records-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn668009411en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:ums:papers:2011-14en

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