Women’s and Men’s Authorship Experiences: A Prospective Meta-Analysis
Banks, George C.; Rasmussen, Lisa M.; Tonidandel, Scott; Pollack, Jeffrey M.; Hausfeld, Mary M.; Williams, Courtney; Albritton, Betsy H.; Allen, Joseph A.; Bastardoz, Nicolas; Batchelor, John H.; Bennett, Andrew A.; Briker, Roman; Castille, Christopher M.; De Jong, Bart A.; Demeter, Elise; DeSimone, Justin A.; Field, James G.; Figueroa-Armijos, Maria; Fernanda Garcia, M.; Gardner, William L.; Gish, J. Jeffrey; Giurge, Laura M.; Gonzalez-Brambila, Claudia N.; González-Morales, M. Gloria; Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz; Kumar Gupta, Roopak; Hinojosa, Amanda S.; Howard, Zion; Kepes, Sven; Köhler, Tine; Kong, Dejun Tony; Langer, Markus; Loi, Teng lat; Maher, Liam P.; Miao, Chao; Mithani, Murad A.; Balachandran Nair, Lakshmi; Obenauer, William G.; O’Boyle, Ernest H.; Pierce, Jason R.; Powell, Deborah M.; Reiter-Palmon, Roni; Rupp, Deborah E.; Tatachari, Srinivasan; Thomas, Jane S.; Vissak, Tiia; Volschenk, Jako; Wang, Chen; Whelpley, Christopher E.; Wolff, Hans-Georg; Woznyj, Haley M.; Yang, Tao
The opaqueness of author naming and ordering, when coupled with power dynamics, can lead to a number of disadvantages in academic careers. In this commentary, we investigate gender differences in authorship experiences in a large prospective meta-analytic study (k = 46; n = 3,565; 12 countries). We find that women’s and men’s authorship experiences differ significantly with women reporting greater prevalence of problematic behaviors. We present seven actionable recommendations for improving the receipt and reporting of intellectual credit. Such actions are needed to ensure fairness in authorship, which is one of the most powerful factors in academics’ career outcomes.
Citation
Banks, G. C., Rasmussen, L. M., Tonidandel, S., Pollack, J. M., Hausfeld, M. M., Williams, C., Albritton, B. H., Allen, J. A., Bastardoz, N., Batchelor, J. H., Bennett, A. A., Briker, R., Castille, C. M., De Jong, B. A., Demeter, E., DeSimone, J. A., Field, J. G., Figueroa-Armijos, M., Fernanda Garcia, M., Gardner, W. L., …Yang, T. (2025). Women’s and Men’s Authorship Experiences: A Prospective Meta-Analysis. Journal of Management, 51(4), 1273-1287. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251315701
Quantitative, Diversity; equity; and inclusion, METHODS; Diversity; equity; and inclusion, Meta-Analysis, MICRO; Identity (age; disability; gender; national origin; race-ethnicity; sexual orientation; etc.), METHODS; Open science (e.g.; transparency in research practices), MICRO
