The impact of women's representation on performance in project-based and non-project-based organizations

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Baker, Marzena, Ali, Muhammad and French, Erica. (2019). The impact of women's representation on performance in project-based and non-project-based organizations. International Journal of Project Management. 37(7), pp. 872-883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.06.001

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Authors	Baker, Marzena, Ali, Muhammad and French, Erica
Abstract	Project-based organizations face challenges of increasing skill shortages and risks of reducing competitiveness and performance. Leveraging female talent can improve organizational competitiveness and outcomes. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm and contingency theory, we predict that the impact of women in management on organizational performance will be stronger in project-based organizations than in non-project-based organizations. Using a sample of 932 private organizations and a longitudinal research design, this paper presents pioneering insights into the impact of women’s representation on organizational performance in project-based organizations. The results help refine the positive findings of past research and identify the moderating effect of industry type on the benefits of women’s representation on organizational performance. The relationship between women in management and organizational performance was positive in project-based organizations. For practitioners, the findings suggest that project-based organizations may need to consider how they increase their innovative capacity and address gender imbalances to capitalize on gender diversity benefits for organizational outcomes.
Keywords	Women’s representation; Organizational performance; Project-based; Non-project-based; Resource-based view
Year	01 Jan 2019
Journal	International Journal of Project Management
Journal citation	37 (7), pp. 872-883
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd. (UK)
ISSN	0263-7863
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.06.001
Web address (URL)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786318308780?via%3Dihub
Open access	Published as non-open access
Research or scholarly	Research
Page range	872-883
Publisher's version	File Access Level Controlled
Output status	Published
Online	28 Jun 2019
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Accepted	25 Apr 2019
Deposited	20 Jun 2024
Additional information	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd, APM and IPMA. All rights reserved
Place of publication	United Kingdom

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