The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 104 No. 2 2022
Gender and Willingness to Lead: Does the Gender Composition of Teams Matter?
Abstract
We explore how team gender composition affects willingness to lead by randomly assigning participants in an experiment to male- or female-majority teams. Irrespective of team gender composition, men are substantially more willing than women to lead their team. The pooled sample, and women separately, are more willing to lead female- than male-majority teams. An analysis of mechanisms reveals that a large share of the negative effect of male-majority teams on women's leadership aspirations is accounted for by a negative effect on women's confidence, influence, and expected support from team members.
- DOI
- 10.1162/rest_a_00955
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 259-275
- Language
- en
- Sources
- crossref openalex