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Gender Diversity And Innovation Performance: Evidence From R&D Workforce In Sweden

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  • WAJDA WIKHAMN

    (BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway)

  • BJÖRN REMNELAND WIKHAMN

    (School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Abstract

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.

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  • Wajda Wikhamn & Björn Remneland Wikhamn, 2020. "Gender Diversity And Innovation Performance: Evidence From R&D Workforce In Sweden," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(07), pages 1-27, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:24:y:2020:i:07:n:s1363919620500619
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919620500619
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    1. Christian R. {O}stergaard & Bram Timmermans, 2023. "Workplace diversity and innovation performance: current state of affairs and future directions," Papers 2311.05219, arXiv.org.

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