Bilingual Special Issue in English and Spanish
Guest Editors:
Amirreza Kazemikhasragh, Program of Studies on Asia and Africa (PUEAA), National
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Av. Universidad 3000, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Delegación Coyoacán, C.P.
04510, Mexico City, Mexico
+529984490036, +393471860939
[email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/amirreza-kazemikhasragh-146a66197
Aims of the Special Issue:
This special issue seeks to raise awareness and enhance gender equality in job markets in the
private and public sectors, especially in managerial positions. Today all governments work on
social inclusion, equality, and diversity, setting them as priority goals. Given the increased
awareness of equality in different areas such as health, education, and impact on poverty
reduction and economic growth, social inclusion and diversity have been placed high on the
national agendas of many developing and least countries (Demirgüç-Kunt and Klapper 2012).
Regarding the SDGs and diversity, enhancing gender diversity in job markets has a positive impact
on teams and companies’ innovation performance (Cicchiello, A.F., Kazemikhasragh, A. et al. l.,
2020; Dai et al. 2020). Gender heterogeneity strengthens new ventures’ innovation performance by
facilitating the differentiation and integration of knowledge and improving decision-making
processes. Moreover, gender diversity on board and managerial levels is a determinant of SDG
reporting adoption by large companies in the low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa
(Girón, et al. 2020). Previous articles have recognized obstacles and barriers in achieving gender
diversity (Bullough, et al. 2021; Pines, et al. 2010; Winn, 2005; Norris and Inglehart, 2001), but
researchers have not examined gender diversity, social inclusion, and entrepreneurship in the
private and public sectors especially in managerial positions regarding SDG number 5.
This special issue contributes to the literature by presenting the various analytical
approaches applied by scholars, activists, policymakers, international organizations, NGOs, public
companies and organizations, private companies and organizations to fill the gender gap in
managerial positions. With multiple tools presented in the special issue, the ultimate goal is to
empower women.
Contributions of the Special Issue: Bridging the gap between research and positive real-world
change:
There are many studies on gender and entrepreneurship, but, as observerd above, there is a gap in
research on gender equality and entrepreneurship in managerial positions in particular. This special
issue aims to fill this lacuna through this concentration.
We invite topics such as:
• The Labour Market and Gender Discrimination
• Wage Gaps and Gender Discrimination
• Gender and Entrepreneurship
• Gender gaps and Social inclusion in labour markets
• Studying Labour Markets: Gender Gaps at the Managerial level
• Women’s leadership and Business Performance
• Gender Diversity, Labour Markets, and Sustainable Development Goals
• Wage Gaps and the Female Labour Market: Impact and Responses
• Gender Differences and Equity Crowdfunding
• Industrializations, Entrepreneurship and Gender Diversity
• Entrepreneurs, Strategic Leaders, and the Gender Gap
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