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<p class="MsoNormal">A bit dense to read, but interesting conclusion….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnas.org%2Fcontent%2Fpnas%2Fearly%2F2019%2F01%2F14%2F1721438116.full.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C50317d5cdc12457f6dec08d6856404bf%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636843062713501383&sdata=uTcSgmHTlQlTcsTHg8Lax2s%2Bg3FrVv1lo%2BHJ5I4fIb8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2019/01/14/1721438116.full.pdf" shash="L8U2hUkaLfseSVzmohQyRGSQ4BwtWUaT7sXm9EqAZzMQJlHH9NH06RdBjNV6y+U+T1EtAURG/TnPKaNecSgn6NGTJvJK5m62bckdqUq6nVQFZpK26Lb/Lu5cyhr/7zEFtAhIMvhu0Yj4QGpHSGbX680fZax/WEecqgHpFtb7rgE=">https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2019/01/14/1721438116.full.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many leaders today do not rise through the ranks but are recruited directly out of graduate programs into leadership positions. We use a quasi-experiment and instrumental-variable regression to understand the link between students’ graduate
school social networks and placement into leadership positions of varying levels of authority. Our data measure students’ personal characteristics and academic performance, as well as their social network information drawn from 4.5 million email correspondences
among hundreds of students who were placed directly into leadership positions. After controlling for students’ personal characteristics, work experience, and academic performance, we find that students’ social networks strongly predict placement into leadership
positions. For males, the higher a male student’s centrality in the school-wide network, the higher his leadership job placement will be. Men with network centrality in the top quartile have an expected job placement level that is 1.5 times greater than men
in the bottom quartile of centrality. While centrality also predicts women’s placement, high-placing women students have one thing more: an inner circle of predominantly female contacts who are connected to many non-overlapping third-party contacts. Women
with a network centrality in the top quartile and a female-dominated inner circle have an expected job placement level that is 2.5 times greater than women with low centrality and a male-dominated inner circle. Women who have networks that resemble those of
high-placing men are low-placing, despite having leadership qualifications comparable to high-placing women.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black">_____________________________________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Ora A. Weisz, PhD | Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Clinical and Translational Science</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Vice Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Excellence, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Renal-Electrolyte Division | 978.1 Scaife Hall | 3550 Terrace St. | Pittsburgh PA 15261</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Tel: 412-383-8891 | Email:
<a href="mailto:weisz@pitt.edu"><span style="color:blue">weisz@pitt.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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