The effectiveness of an in-company women’s network – a case study at the RWE Group
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2016-08-26
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Increasingly, organisations are implementing in-company women’s networks to foster women’s advancement, to move more women into senior management positions, and as a remedy for gender inequalities at the workplace. However, the literature is relatively silent on how the in-company women’s networks’ effectiveness can be evaluated. Specifically, this study explores by means of a case study, which dimensions need to be taken into account when evaluating a women’s network’s effectiveness and in what respects and why the network under examination is perceived as effective by multiple stakeholders. In addition, structuration theory is used as the theoretical lens to further understand how the network’s effectiveness is constructed. The results reveal that there are five important dimensions for assessing effectiveness, i.e. setting and accomplishing targets, numerical KPIs, soft/intangible KPIs, stakeholder perceptions, and taking into account time and dynamics. Furthermore, the study also resulted in a list of factors that can contribute to the effectiveness of in-company women’s network. Apart from contributing to the literature on the evaluation of in-company women’s networks’ effectiveness, the findings can help organisations to implement, manage and evaluate in-company women’s networks.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen