... in their careers using archival data. By combining SRT with FPE, a novel theoretical integration is offered that explains, in a historically grounded manner, how gender inequalities in organisations are reproduced, normalised and legitimised over time. Corresponding author Humeyra Nur Altinok hatipogluh20...

... Shivangi Singhal shivangi.singhal@flame.edu.in 05 07 2025 16 10 2025 02 12 2025 09 02 2026 05 03 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Fintech Gender inequality Women leadership India...

... toughness Career success Gender inequality Broken rung Women occupy 37 percentage of leadership roles worldwide [1] despite over five decades of focus on gender quality. The pay gap is roughly 20 percentage [2] , and women remain in low-paid, low-ranking jobs¹. The commonly noted...

... of attitudes towards gender inequality in leadership, [ 3 ] younger CEOs may be less gender discriminatory than older CEOs. Regarding the extant evidence, Wang and Kelan (2013) do not find that the age of the board members affects the likelihood of appointing a female chair or CEO. Accordingly, the next...

... of literature in WLHE. Although women have managed to step into managerial roles, gender inequality prevails in many organizations where the higher preference for leadership roles is given to the men compared to the women (Werner and Piegeler, 2013). There is a perception that men employees can perform better...