ISSN:
0964-9425
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Sociology
,
Economics
Notes:
The growth of women in management positions has largely been at juniorlevels. This has been particularly so within the education sector, wherethe growth in the number of women employed has had little impact on theproportion of women in senior positions. One explanation for the lack ofwomen in senior management positions has been the male stereotyping ofthe manager role. Reports on a survey, using the Schein DescriptiveIndex, which was carried out among academics in 19 UK business schoolsor management departments of the new universities which showed differentpatterns of stereotyping from that found among managers in otherorganizations. Male academics at lower levels did not stereotype themanager role at all, but those in senior positions stereotyped themanager role as male. Among the female academics the results showed noassociation between the characteristics of successful managers and thoseof women in general, but some association between the characteristics ofmanagers and men in general.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09649429410056308
