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Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women's Influence in Teams

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Continuing resourceContinuing resourcePublication details: Journal of Political Economy; 2024Description: 3077-3114ISSN:
  • 0022-3808
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: This article studies the effect of team gender composition and leadership on women's influence in two field experiments. Study 1 finds that male-majority teams accord disproportionately less influence to women and are less likely to choose women to represent the team externally. We replicate this finding in a new context, where we also vary the gender of an assigned team leader. We find that a female leader substantially increases women's influence, even in male-majority teams. With a model of discriminatory voting, we show that either increasing women's share or assigning a female leader decreases the penalty women face by more than 50%.
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This article studies the effect of team gender composition and leadership on women's influence in two field experiments. Study 1 finds that male-majority teams accord disproportionately less influence to women and are less likely to choose women to represent the team externally. We replicate this finding in a new context, where we also vary the gender of an assigned team leader. We find that a female leader substantially increases women's influence, even in male-majority teams. With a model of discriminatory voting, we show that either increasing women's share or assigning a female leader decreases the penalty women face by more than 50%.

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