Women in international business : a systematic review of trends, themes, and future directions

Sironić, Margareta (avtor), Dabić, Marina (avtor)

The ever-increasing presence of women in diverse international business (IB) spheres has prompted research about their position across industries, management levels, geographic regions, and organizational types. This research is signaling a transformative shift towards inclusiveness and an acknowledgement of diverse perspectives as critical drivers of organizational success. Nonetheless, a methodical, holistic, and nuanced understanding of the role and position of businesswomen in IB remains unresearched. As such, this article investigates the factors shaping their professional advancement through a systematic literature review, drawing on bibliometric and content analysis methods. The Web of Science database has selected 129 publications published from 1997 to 2024 for analysis. The findings reveal several distinct thematic clusters addressing key themes: yellow—entrepreneurial identity and environment, red—gender inequality and career development, blue—work-life balance and leadership diversity, green—social, cultural, and international aspects, and purple—leadership style, ethics, and CSR. Further detailed content analysis explores these studies across five dimensions, from theoretical frameworks to methodological approaches. The study concludes by presenting trends in scholarly paradigms across different categories during the selected period. It also proposes future research directions aligned with the identified clusters, offering a roadmap for advancing the discourse on gender diversity in IB.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: international business, management, women's question, gender, bibliometric analysis, women, systematic literature review, bibliometric co-occurrence
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: V tisku
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179561
• UDK: 005.3
• ISSN pri članku: 1863-6683
• DOI: 10.1007/s11846-025-00932-8
• COBISS.SI-ID: 248685827
• Datum objave v RUL: 17.02.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Review of managerial science
• Skrajšan naslov: Rev. manag. sci.
• Založnik: Springer
• ISSN: 1863-6683
• COBISS.SI-ID: 514963737

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: mednarodno poslovanje, management, žensko vprašanje, spol, bibliometrična analiza

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0441-2023
• Naslov: Regeneracija ekonomije in posla