Is it a Man’s World? Gender Differences in University – Industry Collaboration Activities

Valentina Tartari, Ammon Salter

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    Abstract

    The field of science and technology has long been associated with the under-representation of women in leading positions. In recent years, the debate about women representation in academic science has started to include issues about women’s engagement with industry and participation in technology transfer activities. This study investigates if women academics engage less than their male colleagues in collaboration activities with industry, and if they choose different forms of engagement. Analyzing multi-source data for 1200 UK physical and engineering scientists and employing a matching technique we find that women researchers collaborate less than men and they tend to choose less rewarding channels of collaboration. Exploiting additional information on the individuals, we propose possible explanations of this phenomenon and we explore implications for research on gender stratification in commercial science and policies designed to encourage academics to engage with industry.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelAcademy of Management Proceedings 2013
    RedaktørerLeslie Toombs
    UdgivelsesstedBriar Cliff Manor, NY
    ForlagAcademy of Management
    Publikationsdato2013
    Artikelnummer11653
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2013
    BegivenhedThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2013: Capitalism in Question - Lake Bueno Vista (Orlando), FL, USA
    Varighed: 9 aug. 201313 aug. 2013
    Konferencens nummer: 73
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    Konference

    KonferenceThe Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2013
    Nummer73
    Land/OmrådeUSA
    ByLake Bueno Vista (Orlando), FL
    Periode09/08/201313/08/2013
    Internetadresse
    NavnAcademy of Management Proceedings
    Vol/bind2013
    ISSN2151-6561

    Emneord

    • Gender
    • Non-parametric matching
    • University-industry collaboration

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