This summer, I had the pleasure of attending the 2023 Association Française de Comptabilité (AFC) conference in Lyon, France. My schedule was quite packed: I chaired a research session on diversity, presented two research papers on gender inequalities in the…
A recent study made me think about what gender quotas (and lack thereof) tell us about a woman’s skills. . The study is called “The XX factor: Female managers and innovation in a cross-country setting” and is published in The Leadership Quarterly.…
The famous book from Facebook Chief Operations Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In, encourages women to lean in and go the extra mile in order to rise through organizational hierarchies into leadership. The underlying message is that it is up to women…
In late March this year, I started to think a bit here and there about the funding I had applied for six months ago. The results were due soon, in April, and I began to await them with a mix…
Earlier this fall, I got the fantastic news of having what I call my pandemic paper accepted in Women, Gender & Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the University of Copenhagen (here is an open access version of the paper). The story of…
Dans cette vidéo, je discute les structures organisationnelles au Canada et les obstacles qu’elles présentent à l’épanouissement professionelle des femmes au fil de leur vie professionnelle, surtout dans le domaine de la Science, Technologie, Génie et Mathématiques (STGM). À l’aune…
En 2011, la France a instauré des quotas pour la représentation des hommes et femmes dans les conseils d’administration. Dix ans plus tard, les hommes restent surreprésentés dans les plus hautes sphères des entreprises, notamment au comité exécutif. Ainsi, 86 % des…
More and more women quit work during the pandemic or find themselves stranded in the side tracks on the long road to leadership. What can be done to make sure women have their fair chance at a fulfilling career? I…
Recently, I spoke with Tara Deschamp from The Canadian Press. We discussed executive compensation, specifically bonuses that Canadian banks are paying out while the pandemic is going on. Drawing on my published research on executive compensation, I was happy to share my…
The media abounds with stories of how working parents across Canada are struggling with caring for their young children during the COVID-19 pandemic while daycares and schools closed or operated part-time. So what is the responsibility of employers towards employees who have…
