Women leaders in Latin America: The impact of gender equality on performance

For the last few decades, a growing body of research has sought to explore womens participation in leadership positions. Despite global trends that indicate an overall increase in womens participation in the labour force, researchers agree that women still face challenges in the workplace due to the presence of gender inequality not only in organisations but in society. Our project examines country-level data and firm-level data to address how a countrys approach to gender is associated with the performance of firms who have a female CEO and/or owner. Findings suggest that gender equality tends to generate more positive results for all companies, but particularly those headed by women.