CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms

Purpose This study aims to investigate whether chief executive officer (CEO) demographics are associated with gender diversity in senior management in the Scandinavia region. Design/methodology/approach The research design draws on multivariate cross-sectional analysis. The demographic characteristi...

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Autores: Garcia-Blandon, Josep, Argilés-Bosch, J.M., Ravenda, Diego
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositório:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
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Palavra-chave:Senior management
Gender inequality
Chief executive officer
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spelling CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firmsGarcia-Blandon, JosepArgilés-Bosch, J.M.Ravenda, DiegoSenior managementGender inequalityChief executive officer33Purpose This study aims to investigate whether chief executive officer (CEO) demographics are associated with gender diversity in senior management in the Scandinavia region. Design/methodology/approach The research design draws on multivariate cross-sectional analysis. The demographic characteristics examined are gender, age and education. A total of six hypotheses are developed and tested. The sample includes the largest 106 public firms from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Findings Results show that firms with female CEOs have more women in senior management than other firms. However, neither age nor level of formal education of CEOs shows significant results, with the exception of CEOs holding MBA degrees, who are associated with fewer women in these positions. Interestingly, the association between educational background and gender diversity is principally driven by study-abroad experiences. Finally, results show that gender diversity in senior management has an important country component, whereas the industry component is negligible. Originality/value The relationship between managers’ demographics and gender diversity among subordinates is a relatively unexplored research issue, as previous works have focused on general comparisons between male and female managers. Furthermore, the Scandinavian context is particularly interesting as this region leads gender equality rankings.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionEmeraldUniversitat Ramon Llull. IQS202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/article17 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5216https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-12-2021-0379reponame:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llullinstname:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)IndeterminadoGender in Management. 2024;39(1):1-17© L'autor/aAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/52162026-06-21T06:40:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
title CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
spellingShingle CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
Garcia-Blandon, Josep
Senior management
Gender inequality
Chief executive officer
33
title_short CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
title_full CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
title_fullStr CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
title_full_unstemmed CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
title_sort CEO demographics and gender diversity in senior management in large Scandinavian firms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Garcia-Blandon, Josep
Argilés-Bosch, J.M.
Ravenda, Diego
author Garcia-Blandon, Josep
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Argilés-Bosch, J.M.
Ravenda, Diego
author_role author
author2 Argilés-Bosch, J.M.
Ravenda, Diego
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Ramon Llull. IQS
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Senior management
Gender inequality
Chief executive officer
33
topic Senior management
Gender inequality
Chief executive officer
33
description Purpose This study aims to investigate whether chief executive officer (CEO) demographics are associated with gender diversity in senior management in the Scandinavia region. Design/methodology/approach The research design draws on multivariate cross-sectional analysis. The demographic characteristics examined are gender, age and education. A total of six hypotheses are developed and tested. The sample includes the largest 106 public firms from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Findings Results show that firms with female CEOs have more women in senior management than other firms. However, neither age nor level of formal education of CEOs shows significant results, with the exception of CEOs holding MBA degrees, who are associated with fewer women in these positions. Interestingly, the association between educational background and gender diversity is principally driven by study-abroad experiences. Finally, results show that gender diversity in senior management has an important country component, whereas the industry component is negligible. Originality/value The relationship between managers’ demographics and gender diversity among subordinates is a relatively unexplored research issue, as previous works have focused on general comparisons between male and female managers. Furthermore, the Scandinavian context is particularly interesting as this region leads gender equality rankings.
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