Policy brief: Gender diversity and innovation

Shows that gender diversity at all levels in the organization has a positive effect on innovation

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2016
Country:
Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Tilburg University

Abstract

The research shows that gender diversity at all levels in the organization has a positive effect on innovation in the firms surveyed in low and lower-middle income countries in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East - despite their below-average performance on a world-wide scale of measuring women’s economic opportunity. Furthermore, the research illustrates that a country’s level of women’s economic opportunity plays an important role in the relationship between gender diversity and innovation.

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Tilburg University (2016) Policy brief: Gender diversity and innovation

Policy brief: Gender diversity and innovation

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Published 1 January 2016
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