Influencia de la equidad de género en posiciones directivas, sobre la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, en empresas ecuatorianas.

Abstract

There are many challenges to achieve gender equity in corporate boards, while corporate social responsibility with its various activities produces many benefits to organizations and their stakeholders; the present research aims to determine the influence of gender equity in management positions on corporate social responsibility, for the development of a strategic plan for improvement; therefore, a quantitative approach was applied, with field research and nonexperimental design, deductive method with descriptive correlational scope; by means of the survey technique, using as an instrument a questionnaire applied to 401 people; with the exploratory factorial analysis dimension reduction technique, a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.871, KMO index of 0.922 and three factors with significant correlations were found, concluding that by decreasing the difficulties of promotion to directive position and gender difficulties, corporate social responsibility increases significantly. The proposal considers the strategic improvement plan for the promotion of gender equity in management positions for corporate social responsibility, considering strategies to manage corporate social responsibility, promote gender equity in positions and reduce gender difficulties in the labor aspect. It is concluded that there is a relationship in the study variables and that it is necessary to implement strategies to promote the positive aspects and reduce the adverse ones.