Women and racialized executives often outperform white men as CEOs. But that may say as much about the barriers they had to overcome to reach the top as it does about their leadership ability.
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Doctoral Candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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Professeur et Titulaire de la Chaire de Gouvernance S.A. Jarislowsky, Concordia University
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan
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Assistant Professor of Management, Purdue University
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Associate Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, Accounting, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Accounting, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer and Business Historian, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Finance, Concordia University