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Still Missing: Gender Diversity in the C-Suite
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Studies try to pinpoint why women continue to be underrepresented at the executive level.
Studies try to pinpoint why women continue to be underrepresented at the executive level.
Tue Nov 01 2016
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For years, there has been a dearth of women in top leadership roles—and a slew of research released this year doesn't paint a much brighter picture. It's a worldwide issue—for instance, a working paper published by Harvard Business School studied Swedish corporate executives, trying to figure out a logical reason for the gender gap. The researchers couldn't find a quantifiable explanation. "I believe that some type of discrimination would be the most likely story," says Matti Keloharju, one of the authors, in an interview with HBS. "But, I mean, we can never measure that directly."
For years, there has been a dearth of women in top leadership roles—and a slew of research released this year doesn't paint a much brighter picture. It's a worldwide issue—for instance, a working paper published by Harvard Business School studied Swedish corporate executives, trying to figure out a logical reason for the gender gap. The researchers couldn't find a quantifiable explanation. "I believe that some type of discrimination would be the most likely story," says Matti Keloharju, one of the authors, in an interview with HBS. "But, I mean, we can never measure that directly."