When I became Prime Minister, I committed myself to tackling the burning injustices which mar our society. One such is the gender pay gap major injustices still hold too many women back (Theresa May, 2018)

Required Identify the factors that influence gender pay differentials and constitute barriers to females from progression to the highest hierarchical positions in an organization. Critically discuss whether the presence of (more) females in senior executive roles improves corporate firm performance and/or risk taking