Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)

The Gender Gap in Leadership is Shrinking-A Literature Review

Authors
Bixia Gong1, *
1Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 61801, USA
*Corresponding author. Email: bixiagong2@163.com
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Bixia Gong
Available Online 11 July 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_115How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sex differences; organizational behavior; women and leadership; gender bias; leadership
Abstract

Numerous studies have revealed that men are more frequently leaders than women. The gender gap appears in organizations of all sizes and types around the world, whether in business, education, NGOs, or other settings and industries. This issue is not exclusive to one culture or one particular nation. In higher-level companies, there are especially noticeable gender inequalities between managers and leaders. As a leader, there is a gender gap, but it is getting less over time, according to this article’s summary of some of the literature that examines its causes. In other words, as time acts as a moderator, the gender gap in leadership is gradually closing. In terms of methodology, this current paper mainly uses the year 2000 as the cut-off point for existing research (the reason for selecting this time point will be explained in the main body) and selects some relevant research conclusions for analysis. The article finally puts forward reasonable suggestions for researchers and practitioners to refer to when facing gender differences in the workplace.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 July 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-062-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_115How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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