The Effect of Manager Gender and Performance Feedback: Experimental Evidence from India

Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

“…The adverse effect of negative feedback doubles when it is received from a female leader. Using the same research design, Abel and Buchman (2020) reports that feedback effects do not differ between workers assigned to male and female leaders among gig economy workers in India. Our paper advances this nascent literature by showing that female leadership changes the structure of social networks in the workplace and helps employees form more social connections with their leaders and female colleagues.…”

Female Leadership and Workplace Climate

“…The adverse effect of negative feedback doubles when it is received from a female leader. Using the same research design, Abel and Buchman (2020) reports that feedback effects do not differ between workers assigned to male and female leaders among gig economy workers in India. Our paper advances this nascent literature by showing that female leadership changes the structure of social networks in the workplace and helps employees form more social connections with their leaders and female colleagues.…”