Blog » SAR Gender and Energy Case Study Series - No.1: K-Electric, Pakistan
SAR Gender and Energy Case Study Series - No.1: K-Electric, Pakistan
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The South Asia Energy Unit of the World Bank is working with researchers from the Harvard Business School (HBS) on a series of South Asia Gender and Energy Case Studies. The case studies will look to employ a data-driven approach, which measures the impact of gender diversity on technical and financial performance in South Asian energy sector utilities. In early 2020, this approach was piloted with K-Electric (KE), who graciously provided HR data and performance metrics for their employees and key business areas. The limited analysis indicates that gender diversity may contribute towards a positive organizational performance at KE. Please download the full report from here.
Acknowledgments: The study team consisted of Fan Xia (Research Assistant - HBS) and Pranav Vaidya (Senior Social Consultant - World Bank), under the guidance of Letian Zhang (Assistant Professor - HBS). Faiza Savul (Head of Center of Expertise, HR- K-Electric) and Areeba Ali (Manager of Diversity and Inclusion - KE) graciously provided data and support. The team would also like to thank Maria Beatriz Orlando (Lead Social Specialist- World Bank) for her helpful comments and guidance. The work was supported by the South Asia Gender and Energy Facility Trust Fund (ESMAP).
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Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum.Professor Zhang studies social inequality in firms and markets.
His research draws on sociological theories to understand disparities involving social class, race, and gender, and status. Professor Zhang’s work covers a wide range of empirical settings including financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, sports, entrepreneurship, and Chinese labor markets.
He has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and in peer-reviewed mathematics journals. Professor Zhang earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University, where he researched number theory. He is from Hangzhou, China.
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Fan Xia graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and worked at Harvard Business School as a research associate. Her research interest is to look at how social and organizational process shapes organizational or employment outcomes. She is particularly interested in studying how historical/social events, network, status moderate this process.
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Pranav Vaidya is a Senior Energy and Social Sustainability Consultant at the World Bank. He has provided cross-sector analytical and operational support for energy and social development units in multiple regions. He is a contributing author of the World Bank's Getting to Gender Equality in Energy Infrastructure Report.
Pranav is currently leading the gender and energy analytical works for the South Asia Gender and Energy Facility. He has a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a socioeconomist by training, with dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Anthropology from Macalester College.
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Blog » SAR Gender and Energy Case Study Series - No.1: K-Electric, Pakistan
SAR Gender and Energy Case Study Series - No.1: K-Electric, Pakistan
The South Asia Energy Unit of the World Bank is working with researchers from the Harvard Business School (HBS) on a series of South Asia Gender and Energy Case Studies. The case studies will look to employ a data-driven approach, which measures the impact of gender diversity on technical and financial performance in South Asian energy sector utilities. In early 2020, this approach was piloted with K-Electric (KE), who graciously provided HR data and performance metrics for their employees and key business areas. The limited analysis indicates that gender diversity may contribute towards a positive organizational performance at KE. Please download the full report from here.
Acknowledgments: The study team consisted of Fan Xia (Research Assistant - HBS) and Pranav Vaidya (Senior Social Consultant - World Bank), under the guidance of Letian Zhang (Assistant Professor - HBS). Faiza Savul (Head of Center of Expertise, HR- K-Electric) and Areeba Ali (Manager of Diversity and Inclusion - KE) graciously provided data and support. The team would also like to thank Maria Beatriz Orlando (Lead Social Specialist- World Bank) for her helpful comments and guidance. The work was supported by the South Asia Gender and Energy Facility Trust Fund (ESMAP).
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum.Professor Zhang studies social inequality in firms and markets.
His research draws on sociological theories to understand disparities involving social class, race, and gender, and status. Professor Zhang’s work covers a wide range of empirical settings including financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, sports, entrepreneurship, and Chinese labor markets.
He has published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and in peer-reviewed mathematics journals. Professor Zhang earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.S. in mathematics from Stanford University, where he researched number theory. He is from Hangzhou, China.
Fan Xia graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and worked at Harvard Business School as a research associate. Her research interest is to look at how social and organizational process shapes organizational or employment outcomes. She is particularly interested in studying how historical/social events, network, status moderate this process.
Pranav Vaidya is a Senior Energy and Social Sustainability Consultant at the World Bank. He has provided cross-sector analytical and operational support for energy and social development units in multiple regions. He is a contributing author of the World Bank's Getting to Gender Equality in Energy Infrastructure Report.
Pranav is currently leading the gender and energy analytical works for the South Asia Gender and Energy Facility. He has a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a socioeconomist by training, with dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Anthropology from Macalester College.