The results of a new study suggest that women are better-suited than men when it comes to collaborating on supply chain issues.
A new research study from the University of Akron used a βproduction decision experiment featuring asymmetric information and asymmetric risk sharing.β
The authors of the studyβs resulting research article reported the following key findings:
- First, women are more collaborative than men in the role of both buying agents and supply agents.
- Second, information about counterpartsβ gender affects behaviors, since both genders are more collaborative when paired with women than when paired with men.
- Finally, all-women supply chain pairs outperformed all other gender pairings in supply chain efficiency.
The authors said the results suggest women βexhibit an advantage over men in supply chain collaboration, and that employing women is advantageous irrespective of gender diversity concerns.β