Research
The information below will help you keep abreast of all the latest research from around the world on diversity and inclusion. You can use the filters above to find something that you are specifically looking for either via year published, or by keyword.
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What Matters to Women in the Workplace? – Bossed Up
19 October 2017A few months back, we conducted a survey of women in the workplace. The purpose of the study was to measure our participants’ perception of what matters to women in the workplace, specifically as it relates to gender-based issues. At Gild, we feel strongly that continuing the conversation around gender-based issues in the workplace works to dispel the myth that that these issues (and the challenges that result) are no longer present.
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Would tech be different if women made up half the workforce? | Guardian Careers
19 October 2017When it comes to gender equality in the tech industry, the numbers probably won’t surprise you. Only 17% of venture-backed companies are founded by women, and women make up just 7% of partners at 100 of the top venture capitalist firms. Although many attempts are being made to encourage women into tech, we are still far from gender parity in the industry. What would the world look like if there were equal numbers of men and women in the sector?
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Creating meaningful work and driving business success amid technological disruption
12 October 2017What sort of workplace should we expect in future? And how can we shape it to produce more satisfying jobs and more healthy and successful companies?
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More formal, less 'fun' office cultures would be good for all of us
12 October 2017Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company
My former colleague Claire Cain Miller of The New York Times wrote a column this week about men who are reacting to recent sexual harassment scandals by limiting their professional contact with women, and that this is limiting some women's career opportunities.
She wrote:
"Some [tech investors] are avoiding solo meetings with female entrepreneurs, potential recruits and those who ask for an informational or networking meeting.
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It’s official – women are nicer than men. Is this really science? | Anne Perkins
12 October 2017 A new study by neuroeconomists suggesting that women’s biology could make them a soft touch covers overly familiar gendered groundRichard Thaler has just won the Nobel prize for economics for his work explaining how human choice can be influenced. The insight that people make decisions for all sorts of reasons, not all of them based on a cool assessment of the consequences, led Professor Thaler to global acclaim as the slayer of homo economicus.
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