Gender diversity is also good for work teams
Management literature shows the positive effects of diversity on work teams, explains Angelo Ditillo, Professor of Management and Accounting at Bocconi University. Diversity provides valuable information, fosters creativity and innovation and improves the social capital of the work group, enhancing networking. When it comes to gender diversity, it has been shown that if women equal or exceed the number of men in the workgroup, the quality of work increases. This is particularly true in the case of complex managerial tasks. With respect to accounting, increasing diversity in audit teams increases audit quality.