Gender and Executive Job Mobility
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
Finance Department
Research Seminars in Finance
Topic: Gender and Executive Job Mobility: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions
Speaker: Sandra Mortal, University of Alabama
Time and Date: 12:00 - 13:00, Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
Abstract: The increasing presence of women in executive positions has fostered interest in understanding how men and women fare in the managerial labor market. We examine gender differences in managerial job mobility by focusing on managers displaced (almost 90%) when their firms are acquired. Comparing labor market outcomes for similarly-ranked managers from the same target firm and within the same functional area, we find that career disruption results in a larger drop in rank for female managers, despite similar job search efforts. Gender differences are moderated for managers hired by firms with more women in upper echelon positions. Women with rich prior managerial experience and service on external boards also fare well. Our results point to a significant (implicit) ‘gender penalty’ for women in terms of managerial job mobility, but also indicate contexts in which the penalty may be alleviated, and even reversed.
Moderator: Jing Xu, University of Technology Sydney
Date: Wednesday, 30th March 2022
Time: 12:00pm - 13:00pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
Venue: This is an online Zoom webinar
Seminar protocols:
- The webinar will run for 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session.
- There will be a moderator for each seminar event, who will facilitate communication and resolve any technical issues.
- Participants can use the chat facility or raise their had to ask questions during the presentation. The moderator will then alert the speaker at the appropriate time and either ask the questions raised or unmute the participant so they can ask the question directly to the presenter.
Co-ordinator: Kenny Phua
Enquiries: Ray Alonso