gender diverse

comparative more gender diverse · superlative most gender diverse · alternative gender-diverse

1. Having a diversity of genders (e.g. describing a corporate board with both men and women).

   More gender-diverse boards can contribute to better corporate governance for a multitude of reasons. A heterogeneous board can be a stronger monitor of executive behaviour (Adams and Funk, 2009; Nielsen and Huse, 2010).

   2012 December 17, OECD, Closing the Gender Gap Act Now: Act Now, OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 184

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   Boulouta (2013) examined 126 US firms and found that organizations with more gender-diverse boards displayed fewer corporate social responsibility (CSR) “concerns” (e.g., controversial lending or investment practices) […]

   2017 March 2, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Distinguished Research Fellow Michael A Hitt, Leonard Bierman, Christina E. Shalley, Professor of Accounting and Management Control Salvador Carmona, Susan E. Jackson, Thomas R Williams-Wells Fargo Professor of Organizational Behavior Christina E Shalley, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Management Buyout Research Mike Wright, Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257

   We will never know whether, had the Bank of America board been more gender diverse in 2008, they would have stopped management from purchasing Merrill Lynch. Similarly, had the Royal Bank of Scotland been more gender diverse […]

   2017 May 8, Barbara Annis, Richard Nesbitt, Results at the Top: Using Gender Intelligence to Create Breakthrough Growth, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

2. Having a gender identity, role, or expression that differs from the cultural norms prescribed for one's assigned sex.

   As more and more gender-diverse people come out, cisgender people begin to recognize that gender-diverse persons are their friends, neighbors, family members, and coworkers. Once they are able to put a human face on the issue,[…]

   2018 December 1, Vanessa Sheridan, Transgender in the Workplace: The Complete Guide to the New Authenticity for Employers and Gender-Diverse Professionals, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 41