A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success
Abstract
Graduate programs increasingly place women directly into leadership positions. For men, centrality in the school-wide student network predicts job-rank placement. Women’s placement is also predicted by centrality and the presence of a distinctive inner circle of women in their network. The inner circle of high-placing women displays an unusual network duality: The network has cliquish ties among women, but each woman is connected to a separate set of third-party contacts. This dual connectivity of strong and weak ties appears to provide simultaneous access to gender-related tacit information important for women’s success as well as diverse job-market data needed for successful job search and negotiations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 22, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1721438116
Entities
People
- Brian Uzzi
- Nitesh Chawla
- Yang Yang
Organizations
- Northwestern University
- United States Army Research Laboratory
- University of Notre Dame