Gender Gap in German Management Positions and Recommendations for Equality

Gender Equality: Bridging the Gap

Gender equality and violent behavior: how neighborhood gender equality influences the gender gap in violence.

Using a sample of 703 African American adolescents from the Family and Community Health Study (FACHS) along with census data from the year 2000, we examine the association between neighborhood-level gender equality and violence. We find that boys' and girls' violent behavior is unevenly distributed across neighborhood contexts. In particular, gender differences in violent behavior are less pron...

Gender Diversity in Management Positions and Organizational Performance: A Review of Literature

In this term paper, diversity in management positions and organizational performance is analyzed using gender diversity as a mediating role. The analysis is done based on the review of related literature. An organization’s success and competitiveness depends upon its ability to embrace diversity and realize the benefits. The success and failure of an organization is also linked with its leaders...

The gender gap in sport performance: equity influences equality.

Sport is recognized as playing a relevant societal role to promote education, health, intercultural dialogue, and the individual development, regardless of an individual's gender, race, age, ability, religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background. Yet, it was not until the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London that every country's delegation included a female co...

gender equality and fertility in iran

using cross-provinces and panel regressions, this paper investigates the interrelationship between gender equality and fertility in iran for the period 2007-2012. the article attempts to explain the low fertility rate in iran by distinguishing between two types of gender equity, i.e. gender equity in individual-oriented institutions and gender equity in family-oriented institutions. for this pu...