Abstract This paper examines business elites in the context of social networks, identity and residential homogeneity. Our focus is gender diversity in business elites and how social activities conducive to networking interact with residential homogeneity. We find that the greater the involvement of top managers in local social activities, the greater the residential homogeneity. This relationship is stronger for women than for men, even though the individual measures are similar for both genders. We suggest that local social activities may foster a shared identity that is especially important for women, as they lack a shared gender identity with men in the group. The paper adds to both theoretical and practical knowledge on the lack diversity in business elites.

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冰岛商界精英的网络、同质性和性别

摘要 本文在社交网络、身份和居住同质性的背景下考察了商业精英。我们的重点是商业精英的性别多样性以及有利于网络的社交活动如何与居住同质性相互作用。我们发现，高层管理人员参与当地社会活动越多，居住同质性就越大。女性的这种关系比男性更强，即使男女的个体测量相似。我们建议当地的社会活动可能会培养一种对女性尤其重要的共同认同，因为她们缺乏与群体中男性的共同性别认同。该论文增加了关于商业精英缺乏多样性的理论和实践知识。