Gender diversity and innovation performance: Evidence from R&D workforce in Sweden
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2719034Utgivelsesdato
2019Metadata
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International Journal of Innovation Management. 2020, 24 (7) 10.1142/S1363919620500619Sammendrag
Compared to gender diversity in top management teams (TMTs) and board of directions, gender diversity in research and development (R&D) organisations, and its relationship with firm’s innovation performance, has received little attention. The aim of this paper is to investigate this relationship. Using a longitudinal design with five samples from Sweden the paper explores how gender diversity in R&D units relates to innovation-related employee productivity (measured in monetary value). Both linear and non-linear relationships are tested. The results suggest gender diversity has a non-linear, U-shape, relationship with employee innovation-related productivity, supporting the value-in-diversity perspective.