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Gender quotas can work but it depends on how employees feel about them

  • Written by Edwin Ip, Researcher, University of Melbourne

If you think your boss is in her position only because of a gender quota and not because of merit, it could affect the work you do for her.

Gender quotas may be effective in fixing an imbalance of men and women in the workplace but whether they are good or bad for organisations depends on how people feel about them, our study shows.

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