Women's authorship in international human resource management research: Implications for responsible management education and emerging scholars

Like many professional occupations, the participation of female scholars has steadily increased since the 1990s in the human resource management (HRM) fields. While it is widely acknowledged that workforce diversity brings different perspectives, we lack insight into the impact of such changes. In this paper, we explore the implications of gender in the authorship of scholarly articles for the knowledge base of this field, using an example of a content analysis of 890 articles in the international HRM field. We discuss the implications of gender in scholarly work both within and beyond the HRM field. We draw connections to the sustainability development agenda and responsible management education from a gender perspective and offer suggestions for the career development of emerging and future scholars. • The participation of female scholars has steadily increased in the field of IHRM but gender remains an under-research topic. • There is a discernible gender segregation in the engagement with IHRM research topics. • Gender research maybe undervalued in their scholarship and disadvantage women academics in their promotion. • Gender of the researchers influences the development of the knowledge base of the field. • Management education and research training should adopt a more inclusive approach to promoting gender-related topics.