Women leaders may face a 'double bind'

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Sourced from the abstract and inline gaps and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2010 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 34 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Gender diversity in corporate governance: a bibliometric analysis and research agenda (2021) · Gender in Management An International Journal · cited 34× · doi

  Originality/value From the content analysis, it is revealed that corporate governance and gender studies have predominantly investigated the gender diversity issues as a catalyst of corporate governance, with a focus on women on corporate boards and firm financial performance, risks and stock price, while the area of board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility remains relatively under-researched.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: corporate gender governance diversity originality value content revealed predominantly investigated issues catalyst focus women boards
• Women as Senior Research Administration Managers (2010) · Journal of Research Administration

  However, the authors continue: Given these accomplishments, who would question whether the pipeline for women to senior leadership is lacking? While women represent just 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, (2) 15 percent of board directors at those companies, (3) and less than 14 percent of corporate executives at top publicly-traded companies around the world, (4) overall they represent 40 percent of global workforces, with growth in some parts of the world projected to reach double digits.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: percent women represent companies world authors continue given accomplishments question whether pipeline senior leadership lacking
• Did Cash Holding Affect Firm Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic? The Role of Women CEOs (2026) · International journal of institutions and economies/Institutions and economies · doi

  Lastly, while this study examined the role of women CEOs, specifically due to the limitation of data, future research could explore the broader impact of gender diversity across different leadership levels, such as directors or other executive levels, to understand the decision-making of men and women leaders across different levels of leadership during uncertain periods.

  generalinline gapsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: levels women across different leadership lastly examined role ceos specifically limitation future explore broader impact
• Impact of Women’s Leadership on Firm Performance (2026) · Asia Pacific Economic and Management Review · doi

  Women leaders may face a 'double bind' and may be perceived as lacking in community or leadership. The impact of women's leadership is influenced by contextual factors, such as national institutions, organizational culture, and project nature. The study of the impact of women's leadership on firm performance is limited by endogeneity issues in causal identification.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: women leaders face double bind perceived lacking community

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