Gender Inequality in Management and Sustainable Competitiveness

Simona Andreea Apostu, Maria Denisa Vasilescu and Kiran Sood

A chapter in Smart Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Performance Management in a Global Digitalised Economy, 2023, vol. 110A, pp 243-259 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Introduction: One of the main goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to represent gender equality due to its essential role in sustainable progress. At the same time, the balance between women and men in management is explicitly mentioned as a desideratum, given that more women in leadership roles positively impact business performance and sustainability. Purpose: The study investigates the dynamic relationship between gender inequalities in management positions and sustainable competitiveness. Our contribution is twofold: we examine this interrelationship and its causality. Methodology: We used panel data of 350 observations for 2012–2021, and we employ a Vector Auto-Regression model and Granger causality method to examine the relationship between the gender gap in management and sustainable competitiveness. The panel VAR for analysing the impulse response function was enriched using Monte Carlo simulations with 5% and 95%. Findings: The results highlighted that a bidirectional causality between the gender gap in management and sustainable competitiveness is manifested in the European countries. Our results are similar to other studies found in the literature, with gender equality and sustainability positively associated. As an element of originality, our study demonstrates that gender equality in management contributes to sustainable performance, and, on the other hand, a more competitive and sustainable environment contributes to eliminating the gap between men and women in management.

Keywords: Gender inequality; management; sustainable competitiveness; panel VAR; bidirectional causality; simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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