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Exclusion of female Norwegian top executives : Gender affection on risk perception in a top executive selection

Huse, Janne Iversen
Master thesis
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2017
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Abstract
While previous leadership literature has focused on the single relationship

between gender and employability of top executives, this thesis contributes by

exploring how the risk factors of men and women are unequally interpreted in the

evaluation process. With the use of an experimental design, four equivalent

résumés – two male and two female – were both rated and ranked by participants

of candidates’ employability. I predicted that women would be rated and ranked

lower than their male counterpart, and that the equivalent risk factor would be

evaluated differently between the genders. Findings from a sample of 107 top

executives and professional executive search agents from several of Norway’s

largest firms, as well as non-professionals, indicate that men and women have

unequal opportunities for being appointed in a top executive selection. The results

revealed that the predicted likelihood of being appointed as top executive was

more in favor of a male candidate. Even though female candidates were ranked

higher, implicit ratings revealed distinctive evidence as male candidates received

the highest ratings. Hence, implicitly favoring male candidates. This was

particularly true when participants were male. Moreover, further findings revealed

that employers were inconsistent with their evaluations when rating and ranking

candidates – showing tendencies of giving socially desirable responses.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Leadership and Change - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2017
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BI Norwegian Business School

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