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While the appointment of just one woman to a board of directors has a positive impact, the benefits become clear and reverberate throughout the company when there are at least three women on the board. (Shutterstock)

January 12, 2025

Women in senior management: The more the better

Louise Champoux-Paillé, Concordia University and Anne-Marie Croteau, Concordia University

The presence of at least three women on a board of directors improves the financial performance of organizations. The effect is similar to the impact of “critical mass” in physics.

November 19, 2024

Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age

Leonora Risse, University of Canberra

Many employers are appointing more women to management and paying fairer salaries, but there is a long way to go before the pay gap is closed – especially if you’re a woman in her 50s.

Entrepreneurs are typically depicted as brash young men, a stereotype that may disadvantage older female business owner-operators. AAP Image/Julian Smith

July 13, 2015

Outdated views shut entrepreneurial women out of capital markets

Andre Sammartino, The University of Melbourne

Female entrepreneurs still face substantial barriers to international expansion, including perceived discrimination in the Australian capital markets – and that may limit Australia’s economic growth.

Quotas do get more women in senior management, so why is the concept distrusted? Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

January 7, 2015

Quotas on the nose: that’s the view from male Australian CEOs

Jennifer Whelan, Melbourne Business School

Tuesday’s Australian Financial Review Chanticleer survey of 33 largely male “captains of industry” reveals that quotas to improve the numbers of women in senior management positions are still overwhelmingly…

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