Caste in the Boardroom, and Beyond: What’s Missing and Where to Next?
An empirical literature on caste in Indian firms – boards, CEOs, capital and labour intermediaries – has emerged in management journals over the past decade. This commentary reads the field’s findings against what economics has long established and asks what comes next.
Authors
- Ashwini Deshpande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4819-648X)
Institutions
- Ashoka University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Business & Society
- Published
- 2026-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503261490755
- Primary Topic
- Indian Economic and Social Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00