Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature review
Introduction Evidence-based approaches for achieving gender equity for women in leadership are lacking. Current efforts are of limited effectiveness, especially in healthcare. This work occurs in the context of an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council funded partnership to advance...
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| description | Introduction Evidence-based approaches for achieving gender equity for women in leadership are lacking. Current efforts are of limited effectiveness, especially in healthcare. This work occurs in the context of an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council funded partnership to advance women in healthcare leadership. Partners include government, professional colleges and healthcare organisations with national reach and international links. Here we present a protocol for a systematic review, aiming to capture evidence on effective organisational strategies across multiple sectors with comparable challenges in advancing women in leadership. The aim of the review is to learn from other sectors and analyse the evidence to inform implementation in the health sector.Methods and analysis A systematic search will be performed on Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO and SCOPUS databases to identify studies since 2000, reflecting a major shift in the global gender equality agenda with the development of the 2000 Millennium Development Goals. Titles and abstracts will be screened to assess eligibility; data extraction, quality assessment (using the Critical Appraisal Skill Programme checklist) and synthesis of outcomes will be performed. Outcomes will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework. Studies in English using quantitative or qualitative design, which investigate organisational practices in any sector, for advancing women in leadership, and report on one or more measurable outcomes (eg, capacity-building, incidence of promotion) will be included. Findings will be analysed, themes will be extracted and results will be described.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required. To our knowledge, this review will be the first to provide a comprehensive synthesis of available evidence on organisational practices for advancing women in leadership from the last two decades. Findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated at conferences and meetings. Through a large-scale funded partnership, this work will inform practice, linking to international initiatives.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020162115; International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dda18c6554964d50b99a7b22a2ac66502024-11-18T06:40:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-04-0111410.1136/bmjopen-2020-046982Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature reviewJacqueline Boyle0Helen Skouteris1Helena J Teede2Mariam Mousa3Alexandra K Mullins4Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation - MCHRI, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, West Midlands, UKMonash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaMonash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMonash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIntroduction Evidence-based approaches for achieving gender equity for women in leadership are lacking. Current efforts are of limited effectiveness, especially in healthcare. This work occurs in the context of an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council funded partnership to advance women in healthcare leadership. Partners include government, professional colleges and healthcare organisations with national reach and international links. Here we present a protocol for a systematic review, aiming to capture evidence on effective organisational strategies across multiple sectors with comparable challenges in advancing women in leadership. The aim of the review is to learn from other sectors and analyse the evidence to inform implementation in the health sector.Methods and analysis A systematic search will be performed on Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO and SCOPUS databases to identify studies since 2000, reflecting a major shift in the global gender equality agenda with the development of the 2000 Millennium Development Goals. Titles and abstracts will be screened to assess eligibility; data extraction, quality assessment (using the Critical Appraisal Skill Programme checklist) and synthesis of outcomes will be performed. Outcomes will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework. Studies in English using quantitative or qualitative design, which investigate organisational practices in any sector, for advancing women in leadership, and report on one or more measurable outcomes (eg, capacity-building, incidence of promotion) will be included. Findings will be analysed, themes will be extracted and results will be described.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required. To our knowledge, this review will be the first to provide a comprehensive synthesis of available evidence on organisational practices for advancing women in leadership from the last two decades. Findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated at conferences and meetings. Through a large-scale funded partnership, this work will inform practice, linking to international initiatives.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020162115; International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e046982.full |
| spellingShingle | Jacqueline Boyle Helen Skouteris Helena J Teede Mariam Mousa Alexandra K Mullins Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature review BMJ Open |
| title | Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature review |
| title_full | Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature review |
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