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Title
Does Female Leadership Impact Firm Financial Performance?
Creator(s)
Date of Original
44266
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application/pdf
Description
Women make up 47.0% of the labor force and 50.8% of the United States population, but only 40% of managers, as of 2019. In recent years, more and more women are taking on leadership positions, provoking widespread speculation and debate on the impact a female CEO would have on the financial success of a firm. The data is hand collected from various sources, including LinkedIn, Bloomberg Profiles, and Yahoo Finance; compiled into one dataset from 1978 to 2021. Companies included are different Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, and S and P 500 companies transitioning from a male CEO to a female CEO. This paper will investigate and evaluate the impact of a female in the chief executive officer position on the financial performance of a firm. Additionally, I examine the impact of the change in leadership on specific industry sectors. We hypothesize that if there is a female CEO, the stock returns of the firm will increase.
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Union College Schaffer Library Digital Projects
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Union College Schaffer Library Special Collections
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Language
English