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Research Roundup: Latinas Only Make Up 3.3% of California Corporate Boards

In October 2018, SB 826 was enacted. The legislation mandated that public companies headquartered in California have at least one woman on their boards by the end of 2019, and a minimum of three women…

Research Roundup: What’s Keeping Women from the C-Suite?

Women now lead 167 of the country’s top 3,000 companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. That number has doubled from a decade ago, but it is still under 6%. The issue lies within the…

Meeting in a Box: Women’s History Month

Meeting in a Box by Olivia Riggio

Women’s History Month takes place in March to celebrate women’s strength, tenacity, resilience and contributions around the world. Women are diverse, with different backgrounds, sexual orientations and abilities, and this month, we aim to celebrate…

Research Roundup: Committee on Financial Services Finds Need for Transparency, Improvement in Large Banks’ Diversity Practices

Research Supplier Diversity by Olivia Riggio

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services under congresswoman Maxine Waters issued a report this month that summarizes the Committee’s review of the diversity and inclusion practices in the U.S.’s largest banks. It found that although banks…

Research Roundup: Study Finds Significant Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

Research by Olivia Riggio

Women make up half of the population, and now nearly half of the workforce, but as they ascend the corporate ladder, fewer of them are represented at the top. Out of DiversityInc’s 2019 Top 50…

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‘It’s Not You, It’s the Workplace’: Women’s Hostility Toward One Another is Not in Their Nature

News Research Women by Olivia Riggio

The “mean girl” trope of women being petty, resentful and two-faced toward one another has followed them beyond high school and into the workplace. Women are often dismissed in professional environments based on this stereotype,…

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Research Roundup: Women in Tech Positions have Increased to Nearly 30%, According to AnitaB.org

Best Practices Research by Olivia Riggio

The number of women working in tech positions is growing, according to the 2019 Top Companies for Women Technologists Insights Report by AnitaB.org. AnitaB.org is a nonprofit that works to increase representation of women working…

Research Roundup: Study Finds Investors Predict Tech and Finance Companies With More Gender Diversity Will See Stock Prices Rise

Research by Olivia Riggio

A study by Stanford University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology found investors are more likely to bet that a company will see its stock prices rise if it…

Research Roundup: HBR Study Finds Workplace ‘Inclusion’ is Not Enough to Help Women of Color Feel Supported

Research by Olivia Riggio

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) conducted a study that found even seemingly “inclusive” workplaces still leave women of color in interdependent work environments feeling isolated. Related Story: Research Roundup: Women on Corporate Boards The idea…

Research Roundup: Police Brutality a Leading Cause of Death Among Young Men

Research by Olivia Riggio

A new study from Rutgers University-Newark has found that police are a leading cause of death among young — especially Black — men in America today. The study, which compiled data on police-involved deaths in…

Research Roundup: Women on Corporate Boards

Top Best Practices by Olivia Riggio

The benefits of having women in corporate leadership positions span further than simply reaching quotas or maintaining the illusion of diversity for companies. A 2015 MSCI report includes evidence that companies with women on their…

Meeting in a Box: Women’s History Month

Meeting in a Box by DiversityInc staff

Our Meeting in a Box focused on Women’s History Month includes the most up-to-date information on the gender pay gap and answers the question: Is it going away?