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Culture and context matter: gender in international business and management

Culture and context matter: gender in international business and management PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to argue that culture and context (policy and environment) are key factors affecting gender inequalities within and across countries.Design/methodology/approachThis paper applies conceptual and descriptive statistics.FindingsThe authors found evidence of increasing gender equality in the workplace, but only for rich countries. Gender inequalities persist in the poorest countries, and the gap between rich and poor countries appears to be widening not narrowing.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper demonstrates the need for a comprehensive research program on gender and international business.Practical implicationsThe authors provided useful statistics that could possibly be picked up by newspapers. The paper also highlights the need for a more sustained research program on gender and development.Social implicationsThis paper demonstrates that the public perception of increasing gender equality applies only in very high development (rich) countries. In fact, gender inequality rises as economic development levels decline across countries, and the gap between very high and low countries has widened over the past 15 years.Originality/valueThe empirical findings with respect to gender inequality across United Nations Development Program country categories over time are, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, novel and original. Relating the gender inequality gap to culture and context highlights the roles that social issues and the environment play in affecting gender inequality across countries and across time. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cross Cultural & Strategic Management Emerald Publishing

Culture and context matter: gender in international business and management

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Emerald Publishing
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2059-5794
DOI
10.1108/CCSM-02-2017-0020
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to argue that culture and context (policy and environment) are key factors affecting gender inequalities within and across countries.Design/methodology/approachThis paper applies conceptual and descriptive statistics.FindingsThe authors found evidence of increasing gender equality in the workplace, but only for rich countries. Gender inequalities persist in the poorest countries, and the gap between rich and poor countries appears to be widening not narrowing.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper demonstrates the need for a comprehensive research program on gender and international business.Practical implicationsThe authors provided useful statistics that could possibly be picked up by newspapers. The paper also highlights the need for a more sustained research program on gender and development.Social implicationsThis paper demonstrates that the public perception of increasing gender equality applies only in very high development (rich) countries. In fact, gender inequality rises as economic development levels decline across countries, and the gap between very high and low countries has widened over the past 15 years.Originality/valueThe empirical findings with respect to gender inequality across United Nations Development Program country categories over time are, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, novel and original. Relating the gender inequality gap to culture and context highlights the roles that social issues and the environment play in affecting gender inequality across countries and across time.

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Cross Cultural & Strategic Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: May 2, 2017

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