Economic Development

Asian Development Bank Gender Salary Gap Study: Main Report

This study uses panel data from 2000 to 2022 to examine differences in the salaries and career paths of women and men employed by the Asian Development Bank. It finds that the gender salary gap has narrowed among staff recruited internationally but has widened among staff recruited locally. Hiring practices have contributed to widening pay …

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Everyone Drinks from the Same Well: Charismatic Female Gurus as Religious Feminist Influencers in South Asian Hinduism

This article examines the emergent leadership of two female gurus in South Asia who have declared their status as S´an˙ kara¯ca¯rya¯s (i.e., heads of monastic institutions) based on revelatory experiences. They have done this in order to change patriarchal monastic (akh¯ar. ¯a) culture and challenge entrenched ideas of women’s inferiority in Hindu society. Their self-declarations …

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The effect of charismatic leaders on followers’ memory, error detection, persuasion and prosocial behavior: A cognitive science approach

Adopting a cognitive and follower‐centric approach to charismatic leadership, we hypothesized that followers show lower levels of cognitive effort, reflected in superficial processing of factually correct information when listening to and viewing a charismatic leader. Participants recognized fewer messages in the charismatic compared to the neutral leader conditions. Exploratory analyses provided mixed results for an …

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