The Role of Gender Diversity in Finance Industry
INSTRUCTIONS:
Research Paper Assignment Sheet
COMM 440 Organizational Communication
Part One: Introduction—1/2-1
page (15 points)
• Rationale/Justification:
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Introduce us to the topic you’re exploring.
You may use scholarly or popular research to situate your
topic within a contemporary context that will help us better understand what
led you to decide on your topic.
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Tell us why is your topic important to study?
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Who will care about the analysis of this organization’s
online communication? Why?
Part Two: Research Literature
Review- 3-4pages (50 points total)
Taking the scholarly research collected for this
assignment, write a summary of the literature you reviewed.
Part Three: Presentation of Your Analysis—2-3 pages (40 points):
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Provide a description of how what you learned from the literature
review will apply to an organization.
o Feel free to utilize and cite in-class readings or any of your sources
as needed. o Discuss 2-3 key “claims” based on your research. Each “claim”
will then be
supported by specific examples from your experience, media, or other readings. o For example: If you’re analyzing how organizations socialize new
members, you might make difference claims about specific aspects of
socialization, then use your experience at State Farm Insurance communicates to
illustrate the points.
o Continue in this type of pattern, making a claim that addresses what
you learned about your topic, then supporting it with multiple examples. This requires you to make connections between
the readings, what you see happening in a “real world” organization’s communication, and your own
ideas about what is important and relevant to understanding that communication. This is the hard part, but also the rewarding
part! You can do it!
Part Four: Conclusion—Tips for
Organizations—1-2 pages (20 points)
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Suggestions: Last, provide
suggestions or tips to organizations for what they could do to help improve
their communication, particularly with regard to your specific topic.
o
List both the type of intervention you suggest (eg. reduce employee
exposure to stressors), followed by the specific example of what should be
changed (eg. work schedules provided in advance; ensure breaks taken, team
debriefing after each shift).
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Provide at least three (3) suggestions to the organization
• Future Research (3 points): Provide “suggestions for future research” paragraph o What wasn’t included in your
study, but is something that future researchers/consultations might explore?
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Future research ideas may also come from the literature you reviewed. o Include 2-3 suggestions for what
others might study
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Take-Away (4 points): Provide a summary of what we learned from your research.
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This is the “take-away” or the “so what” of your paper, and should be a restatement/summary of the
Suggestions you made
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What do we know now that we didn’t know before?
COMM 440 Organizational Communication
Ritter-Hayashi, Daniela, Vermeulen,
Patrick, & Knoben, Joris. (2019). Is this a man’s world? The effect of
gender diversity and gender equality on firm innovativeness. PloS One, 14(9),
E0222443.
Keys, P., & Turner, P. (2006).
Women as Finance Academics: Role Models and Researchers. Journal of Financial
Education, 32, 1-19. Retrieved July 20, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/41948520
Knoben, Joris. (2019). Is this a man’s
world? The effect of gender diversity and gender equality on firm
innovativeness. PloS One, 14(9), E0222443
Sahay, R., & Cihak, M. (2018).
Women in Finance: A Case for Closing Gaps. Staff Discussion Notes, 18(05), 1.
doi:10.5089/9781484375907.006
Von Hippel, Courtney, Sekaquaptewa,
Denise, & McFarlane, Matthew. (2015). Stereotype Threat Among Women in
Finance. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39(3), 405-414.
SOLUTION:
The
Role of Gender Diversity in the Finance Industry
Student’s
Name
Institutional
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The
Role of Gender Diversity in the Finance Industry
Introduction
Gender
diversity, which is a balance between male and female gender, plays a pivotal
role in finance and industry—researches as shown that most of the opportunities
in the fiancé industry are given to males sidelining the females. The aspect of
gender disparity is not only evidenced in developing but also in developed
nations whereby top posts in the finance industry are spared for men. In
contrast, feminine gender struggles to occupy the few subordinate posts. Lack
of gender equality in the financial institutions has seen male gender being
more informed on financial matters than the female gender. Embracing disparity
in finance will facilitate the development in the finance industry itself,
families, and the country's economy since females will stand a better chance of
contributing productively in making finance-related decisions.
Research Literature review
Summary
Gender
diversity is something that has not been fully accustomed in our today's
society. Several researchers have shown that gender inequality is prevalent in
the finance industry female being gender on the detriment in most cases. Keys &
Turner (2006), performed research in financial literacy and gender in high
schools in the United States of America. The research showed that high school
students lacked fundamental knowledge in financial topics such as inflation,
interest rates, and risk diversification. Making the students unable to handles
loads, insurance, retirement planning, and credit card successfully. Although,
in general, the students lack fiancé related knowledge, the study identified
the gender gap in financial academics. Keys & Turner (2006) found that even
before the students were given financial instruction, male students had a
better understanding of investment, insurance, and credit that female students.
The researcher also found that more male students (70.5%) had a savings account
than female students (52.6%).
The
feminine gender is the minority in banking and finance fields deemed for
masculine, ladies working in such fields are threatened with negative
stereotypes in their workplaces. Stereotype threats among females in counting
and management fields make them feel unfit for the job because their gender
identity is not compatible with the accounting profession, (Denise, Courtney, McFarlane, Sekaquaptewa &
Matthew, Von Hippel, 2015). The comprised of 512 female workers in the finance
industry who completed a survey about their well-being at work, their working
environment, and recommend younger ladies to work in the fiancé industry. The
response given by the women showed that the stereotype they receipt at working
place had greatly diminished their well-being at work and that we're not
willing to advice other ladies to join their profession, these results were
mediated by separation of identity.
There is a gender gap that exits in accessing and in the utilization of financial services. According to Sahay & Cihak (2018), financial inclusion is the main obstacle irrespective of gender, and efforts are required to resolve the issue for the whole population. Research shows that a considerable gap size prevails between ladies’ and gents’ financial inclusion. Women hold...
