An update of gender diversity in editorial boards: A longitudinal study of management journals

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to update knowledge of women's representation on the boards of scholarly management journals with a longitudinal analysis of the same over two decades. Design/methodology/approach: This study extends the work of Metz and Harzing on women's representation in the editorial boards of 57 management journals from 1989 to 2004 by focusing on the development of gender diversity in editorial board membership over time. The authors first add another time period (2005-2009) to Metz and Harzing's data. They then add empirical richness by conducting a more fine-grained analysis of women's representation at the various editorial board levels over time. In addition, this study ana..