Top management team gender diversity and productivity: the role of board gender diversity
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
ISSN: 2040-7149
Article publication date: 9 January 2019
Issue publication date: 8 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
Based on the significance of context, the purpose of this paper is to investigate a positive top management team (TMT) gender diversity–productivity relationship derived from the upper echelons theory, and a moderating effect of board gender diversity on the TMT gender diversity–productivity relationship derived from the relational framework.
Design/methodology/approach
The hypotheses were tested in 172 organisations listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. This research uses archival data from multiple secondary sources, with a one-year time lag between the predictor and outcome.
Findings
The findings indicate a positive effect of TMT gender diversity on employee productivity and a strong positive TMT gender diversity–employee productivity relationship in organisations with a low level of board gender diversity.
Originality/value
This study provides pioneering evidence for a positive effect of TMT gender diversity on employee productivity and for a moderating effect of board gender diversity.
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Citation
Luanglath, N., Ali, M. and Mohannak, K. (2019), "Top management team gender diversity and productivity: the role of board gender diversity", Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 38 No. 1, pp. 71-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-04-2018-0067
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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