Gender Diversity on Teams – Roundup

Wanted to keep a note of a bunch of articles and books that I found recently around studies about gender diversity on teams. Prompted by a discussion with a programme manager at an investment bank and then subsequently with my fellow ThoughtWorks colleague Nic Ferrier

I found these often quoted “facts” and was trying to hunt down their sources…..

• Tech companies with the highest representation of women in their management teams have a 34% higher return on investment than those with few or no women
  • Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity
• Tech companies led by women use 40% less capital and are more likely to survive the transition from startup to established company
• Groups with greater diversity solve problems better and faster than homogenous groups
  • The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
• Including women in a group is more likely to increase the group’s collective intelligence

National Center for Women in Technology – Resources
The Impact of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Business Teams 
Gender Diversity and the Impact on Corporate Performance – Credit Suisse Research Institute
Gender Diversity, Team Decision Quality, Time on Task, and Interpersonal Cohesion
LBS study shows addition of women to teams improves performance