Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
| Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Nationality of the 1st author | ||
| USA | 15 | 28.8% |
| Germany | 7 | 13.5% |
| Others (e.g., Sweden, UK, Norway, Austria, Republic of Korea) | 30 | 57.7% |
| Journal origin | ||
| United Kingdom | 23 | 44.2% |
| USA | 15 | 28.8% |
| Others (e.g., Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany) | 14 | 26.9% |
| Publishing journals | ||
| Gender, Work & Organization | 5 | 9.6% |
| Acta Sociologica | 2 | 3.8% |
| Advances in Life Course Research | 2 | 3.8% |
| Gender & Society | 2 | 3.8% |
| Gender in Management: An international journal | 2 | 3.8% |
| Labour Economics | 2 | 3.8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3.8% |
| Research design | ||
| Quantitative | 25 | 48.1% |
| Qualitative | 18 | 34.6% |
| Mixed methods | 9 | 17.3% |
| Research design | ||
| Cross-sectional | 28 | 53.8% |
| Experiment | 21 | 40.4% |
| Longitudinal | 2 | 3.8% |
| Data collection method | ||
| Survey | 23 | 44.2% |
| Interview | 33 | 63.5% |
| Sample composition | ||
| Female | 29 | 55.8% |
| Mixed gender | 23 | 44.2% |
| Context | ||
| Organization | 27 | 51.9% |
| Academia | 18 | 34.6% |
| Not reported | 7 | 13.5% |
| Knowledge field | ||
| No distinction | 32 | 61.5% |
| STEM | 4 | 7.7% |
| Medicine | 3 | 5.8% |
| Others (e.g., tourism and hospitality, accounting, advertising, education) | 13 | 25.0% |