Why are so few females promoted into CEO and vice president positions? Danish empirical evidence, 1997-2007
Smith, Nina ; Smith, Valdemar ; Verner, Mette
2013
66
2
April
380-408
career development ; gender ; women workers
Personnel management
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English
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"The authors estimate the probability of promotion into VP and CEO positions using employer-employee data from all Danish companies observed during the period 1997 to 2007. After controlling for a large number of firm- and family-related variables, including take-up history of maternity and paternity leave and proxies for "female-friendly" companies, a considerable gender gap still exists in the probability of promotion to CEO positions. Part of the gap is due to gender differences in the area of specialization of top executives. Women tend to cluster in VP positions in HR, R&D, and IT areas in which the chances of a CEO promotion are lower than for positions as CFOs and VPs in Sales or Production areas."
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