The impact of gender diversity on performance in services and manufacturing organizations

Muhammad Ali, University of Melbourne
Carol T. Kulik, University of South Australia
Isabel Metz, University of Melbourne

Abstract

We test three competing predictions of the main organizational gender diversity-performance relationship and a moderating effect prediction of industry type (services vs. manufacturing). The results show partial support for the positive linear and inverted U-shaped curvilinear predictions as well as for the proposed moderating effect of industry type.