Abstract
Women in the Academy of International Business (WAIB) (https://waib.aib.world/) has long championed gender equality and AIB Insights worked with WAIB, in particular Guest Co-Editor and WAIB President Amanda Budde-Sung, to produce this special issue. We hope these articles help uncover best practices that may help reduce longstanding gender disparities.
Highlights
Similar low numbers are found around the world, and the World Economic Forum concluded that at the current rate, it will take 170 years to reach global gender equality in health, education, economics, and politics (Schwab et al, 2016)
Relatively few studies examine gender effects in international business. This lack of research is surprising, given that culture is typically derived from two bases: sociality and sexuality (e.g., Stevens, 2015), and a culture’s gender roles are among the first that children are taught (Saewyc, 2017)
Gender roles would be a top interest for organizations operating internationally
Summary
According to Catalyst, there were only two female CEOs leading Fortune 500 companies (0.4%) in 2000 (Catalyst, 2000). There have been only 73 female Fortune 500 CEOs. Similar low numbers are found around the world, and the World Economic Forum concluded that at the current rate, it will take 170 years to reach global gender equality in health, education, economics, and politics (Schwab et al, 2016). Relatively few studies examine gender effects in international business.
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