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Carla Carolina RUA GOMEZ

Assistant Professor

Social Networks, Innovation, Gender Inequality, Individuals’ Career Outcomes in Research-Intensive Corporations

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Carla Carolina RUA GOMEZ

Academy

Innovation

Research center

Knowledge, Technology and Organization

Location

Sophia Antipolis

Discipline

Management & Organization

Carla Rua-Gomez (carlacarolina.ruagomez@skema.edu) is an assistant professor of management and organization at SKEMA Business School, Université Côte d’Azur (GREDEG). She received her PhD from Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Switzerland. Her research interests revolve around innovation, social networks, and gender inequality. Carla is particularly interested in understanding how workplace dynamics perpetuate or limit gender inequality within research-intensive corporations.

Education
2020
Ph.D. in Management, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2020
Assistant professor, SKEMA Business School, France
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2014 - 2020
Teaching assistant, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Research Grants
2022
Does everyone benefit from gender diversity? Unpacking the effect of gender diversity on individuals, Peter Curtius Foundation, Germany
2017
“Explaining the gender gap”: how gender-based attitudes influence women’s outcomes and career advancement within firms, Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
Other research activities
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2021
Minorities & Networks: How stereotypes influence network utilization, position, and evaluations, Academy of Management Meeting, United States of America
2019
PhD workshop on "Job Market Strategies."
2016
PhD workshop on "Selecting Data for Testing Theories."
2015
PhD workshop on "Publishing in Top-Tier Journals

Peer-reviewed journal articles

RUA GOMEZ, C.C., CARNABUCI, G. and GOOSSEN, M.C. (2023). Reaching for the Stars: How Gender Influences the Formation of High-Status Collaboration Ties. Academy of Management Journal, 66(5), pp. 1501–1528.
ARANGO-ARAMBURO, S., SMITH, R., JARAMILLO, P., OLAYA, Y., SALDARRIAGA, A. and RUA GOMEZ, C.C. (2020). In search of a future for mining: participative scenarios for Colombia. Journal of Sustainable Mining, 19(2), pp. 72-87.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., ARANGO-ARAMBURO, S. and LARSEN, E.R. (2017). Construction of a Chilean energy matrix portraying energy source substitution: A system dynamics approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 162, pp. 903-913.

Conference proceedings

RUA GOMEZ, C.C., IUBATTI, D. and INCERTI, V. (2023). Multiple Team Membership (MTM) and the Future of Work How MTM Experiences Affect Knowledge Workers.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M. and CARNABUCI, G. (2022). THE INTERPLAY OF SOCIAL CAPITAL, MOBILITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY: A STUDY ON PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTORS.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and LLUENT, T. (2021). Minorities & Networks: How stereotypes influence network utilization, position and evaluations.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and ARIAS-GAVIRIA, J. (2020). Why so few? The gender representation gap in academic STEM fields, a system dynamics approach.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and CARNABUCI, G. (2019). Which kind of employees benefit more from gender diversity? The heterogeneous effect of organizational gender diversity on employees' innovative performance.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. (2018). How gender-equity attitudes affect gender performance gaps.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M. and CARNABUCI, G. (2016). Reaching for the stars: How third-party ties affect men's and women's ability to connect with high-status colleagues.

Conference presentations

RUA GOMEZ, C.C., IUBATTI, D. and INCERTI, V. (2023). From the inside out The roles of social capital and gender in multiple board affiliations. Valerio. In: Academy of Management. Boston.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and IUBATTI, D. (2023). When the spark fades The impact of the #MeToo movement on role incongruity in the Hollywood film industry. In: Academy of Management. Cagliari.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M.C. and CARNABUCI, G. (2022). 1 THE INTERPLAY OF SOCIAL CAPITAL, MOBILITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY: A STUDY ON PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTORS. In: Academy of Management. Seattle.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and ARIAS-GAVIRIA, J. (2020). Why so few? The gender representation gap in academic STEM fields, a system dynamics approach. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Virtual.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and ARIAS-GAVIRIA, J. (2020). Why so few? The gender representation gap in academic STEM fields, a system dynamics approach. In: International Conference of System Dynamics Society. Virtual.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and CARNABUCI, G. (2019). Which kind of employees benefit more from gender diversity? The heterogeneous effect of organizational gender diversity on employees' innovative performance. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Boston.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. (2018). How gender-equity attitudes affect gender performance gaps. In: Paper Development Workshop PDW SKEMA. Sophia Antipolis.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. and CARNABUCI, G. (2018). Who benefits from gender diversity? How organization-level gender diversity affects the innovative performance of different kind of employees. In: EGOS Colloquium. Tallinn.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. (2018). How gender-equity attitudes affect gender performance gaps. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Chicago.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M. and CARNABUCI, G. (2018). Reaching for the stars: How third-party ties affect men's and women's ability to connect with high-status colleagues. In: 8th Annual European Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (SEI) Doctoral Consortium. Munich.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C. (2018). How gender-equity attitudes affect gender performance gaps. In: OMT Doctoral Student Consortium, Chicago. Chicago.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M. and CARNABUCI, G. (2016). Reaching for the stars: How third-party ties affect men's and women's ability to connect with high-status colleagues. In: EGOS Colloquium. Naples.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., GOOSSEN, M. and CARNABUCI, G. (2016). Reaching for the stars: How third-party ties affect men's and women's ability to connect with high-status colleagues. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Anaheim.

Press and social media

RUA GOMEZ, C.C., CARNABUCI, G. and GOOSSEN, M. (2024). How Women Can Build High-Status Networks. Harvard Business Review.
RUA GOMEZ, C.C., CARNABUCI, G. and MARTIN C GOOSSEN, M.C. (2023). The Way to Star Performers’ Inner Circle Differs by Gender. Academy of Management Insights.