Women as drivers of business success
A study discussed at Ca’ Foscari highlights the competitive elements of female leadership
Female leadership as an element of competitiveness and a different production culture. Elements that often impact business results, also and particularly in crisis situations or in the innovation that can be implemented.
“Female Leadership: how the presence of women affects business management in crisis situations and in the innovative activity of companies they manage or own” reasons around these concepts. The study, which resulted in a thesis, was developed by Aurora Dal Cin as part of the Second Cycle Degree in Economics and Business Management at Ca’ Foscari in Venice.
The general objective of the survey is to “analyse the impact of female figures on the corporate performance (…) of the companies they manage or own”.
The study begins with a clarification of the characteristics of female leadership in companies, continues with a series of in-depth analyses, such as the issue of the “glass ceiling” and the role of women in corporate research and development activities, and then with an empirical analysis of the behavioural strategies adopted in situations of crisis and innovation.
Dal Cin’s research reaches two conclusions that may seem obvious at first glance. On the one hand, it highlights the “numerous obstacles that women have to face in the world of work, including many stereotypes that consider them too sensitive to play the role of leader, which is still attributed to the male figure”. On the other hand, it identifies specific characteristics that “female” management entails which in turn influence business results.
Aurora Dal Cin
Thesis, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Management, Second Cycle Degree in Business Economics and Management, 2024
A study discussed at Ca’ Foscari highlights the competitive elements of female leadership
Female leadership as an element of competitiveness and a different production culture. Elements that often impact business results, also and particularly in crisis situations or in the innovation that can be implemented.
“Female Leadership: how the presence of women affects business management in crisis situations and in the innovative activity of companies they manage or own” reasons around these concepts. The study, which resulted in a thesis, was developed by Aurora Dal Cin as part of the Second Cycle Degree in Economics and Business Management at Ca’ Foscari in Venice.
The general objective of the survey is to “analyse the impact of female figures on the corporate performance (…) of the companies they manage or own”.
The study begins with a clarification of the characteristics of female leadership in companies, continues with a series of in-depth analyses, such as the issue of the “glass ceiling” and the role of women in corporate research and development activities, and then with an empirical analysis of the behavioural strategies adopted in situations of crisis and innovation.
Dal Cin’s research reaches two conclusions that may seem obvious at first glance. On the one hand, it highlights the “numerous obstacles that women have to face in the world of work, including many stereotypes that consider them too sensitive to play the role of leader, which is still attributed to the male figure”. On the other hand, it identifies specific characteristics that “female” management entails which in turn influence business results.
Aurora Dal Cin
Thesis, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Management, Second Cycle Degree in Business Economics and Management, 2024