Authors

George C. Banks
Lisa M. Rasmussen
Scott Tonidandel, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jeffrey M. Pollack, North Carolina State University
Mary M. Hausfeld, University of Zurich
Courtney Williams, Grand Valley State University
Betsy H. Albritton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Joseph A. Allen, University of Utah
Nicolas Bastardoz, KU Leuven
John H. Batchelor, University of West Florida
Andrew A. Bennett, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
Roman Briker, Maastricht University
Christopher M. Castille, Nicholls State University
Bart A. De Jong, Durham University Business School
Elise Demeter, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Justin A. DeSimone, University of Alabama
James G. Field, West Virginia University
Maria Figueroa-Armijos, EDHEC Business School
M. Fernanda Garcia, The University of Texas at El Paso
William L. Gardner, Texas Tech University
J. Jeffrey Gish, University of Central Florida
Laura M. Giurge, London School of Economics and Political Science
Claudia N. Gonzalez-Brambila, ITAM
M. Gloria González-Morales, Claremont Graduate University
Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, TU Dortmund University
Roopak Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Amanda S. Hinojosa, Howard University
Zion Howard, George Mason University
Sven Kepes, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tine Köhler, University of Melbourne
Dejun Tony Kong, University of Colorado, Boulder
Markus Langer, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Teng lat Loi, University of Minnesota Duluth
Liam P. Maher, Boise State University
Chao Miao, Salisbury University
Murad A. Mithani, Rutgers University - Camden
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, LUISS Guido Carli University
William G. Obenauer, University of Maine
Ernest H. O'Boyle, Indiana University
Jason R. Pierce, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Deborah M. Powell, University of Guelph
Roni Reiter-Palmon, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Deborah E. Rupp, George Mason University
Srinivasan Tatachari, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Jane S. Thomas, Purdue University Northwest
Tiia Vissak, University of Tartu
Jako Volschenk, Stellenbosch University
Chen Wang, Western Michigan University
Christopher E. Whelpley, Virginia Commonwealth University
Hans-Georg Wolff, University of Cologne
Haley M. Woznyj, Longwood University
Tao Yang, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2025

DOI

10.1177/01492063251315701

Publication Title

Journal of Management

Volume

51

Issue

4

Pages

1273-1287

Abstract

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.

Rights

© 2025 The Authors.

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ORCID

0000-0003-1991-3611 (Bennett)

Original Publication 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. (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

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