The role of gender in team collaboration and performance

Bear, Julia B.; Woolley, Anita Williams

doi:10.1179/030801811x13013181961473

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“…For this reason, the literature on the impact of gender on the working of teams may shed light on the impact of the gender of directors on their team work. Bear and Woolley (2011) review the literature on the impact of the gender of team members, and conclude that "recent evidence strongly suggests that team collaboration is greatly improved by the presence of women in the group". In an experiment conducted by Woolley et al (2010), gender-balanced teams outperformed non-gender-balanced teams in complex tasks they were required to perform.…”

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Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

Schwartz-Ziv

2013

SSRN Journal

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How does gender-balance affect the working of boards of directors? I examine boards that have been required for two decades to be relatively gender-balanced: boards of business companies in which the Israeli government holds a substantial equity interest. I construct a novel database based on the detailed minutes of 402 board-and board-committee meetings of eleven such companies. I find that boards that had critical masses of at least three directors of each gender in attendance, and particularly of three women, were approximately twice as likely both to request further information and to take an initiative, compared to boards that did not have such critical masses. A 2SLS model confirms these results. Consistent with these findings, the ROE and net profit margin of these type of companies is significantly larger in companies that have at least three women directors. In addition, boards that included a critical mass of women directors were more likely to experience CEO turnover when firm performance was weak. At the level of the individual directors, both men and women directors were more active when at least three women directors were in attendance.

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Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

Schwartz-Ziv

2013

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“…We use IS in this paper to align with prior research that would categorize this study as related to IS workforce (ISWF) (Trauth, 2013 Dezsö & Ross, 2012;Krivkovich et al, 2016). Put simply, studies suggest that gender diversity leads to improved performance-especially when businesses focus on innovative outcomes (Bear & Woolley, 2011;Dezsö & Ross, 2012).…”

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“…Prior studies suggest that gender parity contributes to: 1) more effective and productive teams (Bear & Woolley, 2011), 2) increased business profits (Badal & Harter, 2014;Herring, 2009;Hoogendoorn, Oosterbeek, & Van Praag, 2013;Richard, Kirby, & Chadwick, 2013;Romney, 2015;Woetzel et al, 2015), 3) better-quality work (Campbell, Mehtani, Dozier, & Rinehart, 2013), 4) potentially more innovative and expansive product development (Krivkovich, Kutcher, & Yee, 2016;Olbrich, Trauth, Niedermann, & Gregor, 2015), and 5) improved equity in salary between genders in the workforce (Bear & Woolley, 2011; 1 Prior research uses the terms "information systems" (IS) or "information technology" (IT) to encompass those academic and professional disciplines focused on helping people make more effective use of computer technology for individual and organizational activities. We use IS in this paper to align with prior research that would categorize this study as related to IS workforce (ISWF) (Trauth, 2013 Dezsö & Ross, 2012;Krivkovich et al, 2016).…”

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“…The under-representation of women in information systems (IS) 1 is a well-documented, persistent, and global issue (Barr, 2017;Bear & Woolley, 2011;Downey, Bartczak, Young, & England, 2016;Hewlett, 2008;ISACA, 2017;Muckler, 2016;Pappas et al, 2016). In the United States, only about 26 percent of all IS employees are women despite the fact that women comprise 47 percent of the national workforce and 57 percent of professional occupations (Ashcraft, McLain, & Eger, 2016;ISACA, 2017;Prinster, 2015).…”

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How Can Universities Best Encourage Women to Major in Information Systems?

Anderson¹,

Edberg²,

Reed³

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Abstract:Despite both government and industry initiatives, the under-representation of women in information systems (IS) continues. Can academia help right this imbalance by helping fill the pipeline for technically qualified female employees? We analyze the results of four experimental interventions based on empirical studies and prior surveys designed to address this issue. We conducted these interventions as projects in an introductory undergraduate IS class in a public university in the western US. Sadly, none were effective in encouraging more female students to consider majoring in IS.

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“…[7][8][9] The improved group processes found on teams with more women may be particularly beneficial in STEM fields, where teamwork and collaboration is crucial to innovation. 10 For teams to benefit, however, gender parity, not simply the inclusion of small numbers of token women, is needed.…”

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Career Priorities and the Challenge of Recruiting Women to Computing

Achenbach¹,

Cintron²,

Cohoon³

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings

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Philip Sadler holds a B.S. in Physics from MIT and an Ed.D. from Harvard. He co-authored the first integrated computer and laboratory introductory calculus course in 1975. He has taught middle school mathematics, engineering, and science and both undergraduate science and graduate teaching courses at Harvard. His research interests include assessment of students' misconceptions and how they change with instruction, K-12 curriculum development, the transition to college of students who wish to purse STEM careers, pre-college engineering, and the professional development of teachers. Dr. Sadler has won the Journal of Research in Science Teaching Award, the American Institute of Physics Computers in Physics Prize, the American Astronomical Society Education Prize, and the American Association of Physics Teachers' Millikan Medal. He holds five patents and begun three companies. Materials and curricula developed by Dr. Sadler are used by an estimated fifteen million students every year. Dr. Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard UniversityGerhard Sonnert is a Research Associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and an Associate of the Harvard Physics Department. He received master's and doctorate degrees in sociology from the University of Erlangen, Germany, and a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University. One of his major research interests has been the impact of gender on science careers. This research has resulted in two books (both authored with the assistance of Gerald Holton): Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension and Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study. Misconceptions, lack of awareness, and lack of accurate information about computing occupations may lead women to reject or fail to even consider a career in computing. We document the compatibility between computing occupations and the shared and gendered career priorities of undergraduate college students. To assess students' career priorities, we analyze data from the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering (PRiSE) project, which surveyed 7505 undergraduates across the United States. Then, we use occupational data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics to demonstrate that computing occupations offer many of the features that women identify as being important to their future career satisfaction. This type of information is needed to inform the teachers, counselors, and parents who advise young women, and to enable young women themselves to make informed choices about whether to pursue a career in computing. Finally, we discuss actions that educators and others can take to build women's confidence in their ability to succeed in computing, and to counteract the stereotypes of computing that are most likely to deter women from considering a computing career.

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The role of gender in team collaboration and performance

Cited by 266 publications

References 45 publications

Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

Does the Gender of Directors Matter?

How Can Universities Best Encourage Women to Major in Information Systems?

Career Priorities and the Challenge of Recruiting Women to Computing

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