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Women Make Better Corporate Leaders Than Men, Study Finds


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Credit: Emma Bonino

Women make better corporate leaders than men because they are more likely to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake, a new study has found.

The study, "Why Women Make Better Directors," published this week in the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, was based on a survey of 600 board directors.

Women leaders are more likely than men to consider competing interests and take a cooperative approach when making decisions, according to the study, conducted by researchers at A.T. Still University in Arizona and McMaster University in Canada.

From Los Angeles Times
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