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Women and men in senior management – a “different needs” hypothesis
Tập 16 Số 8 - Trang 400-404 - 2001
Whilst agreeing wholeheartedly that a “glass ceiling” exists and restricts entry
of women into senior management positions, this article postulates that this
factor only partly explains why there are fewer women in senior level management
positions than there are men. Suggests that some women are less interested than
men in reaching senior management ranks. It is proposed that differences in the
p...
Gendered heroes: male and female self‐representations of executive identity
Tập 17 Số 3/4 - Trang 142-150 - 2002
Official organisational myths and storytelling constitute a powerful, persuasive
force in both the public representation and the internal shaping of executive
identity. Leaders of corportate culture are aligned with legendary heroes to
promote images of the senior manager as a heroic and transformational leader.
This process plays upon subconscious images, beliefs and expectations to
reinforce the...
WOMEN AND MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING: THE “GLASS CEILING” FOR WOMEN’S CAREERS
Tập 8 Số 7 - 1993
Considers some of the problems which management presents for women′s careers in
professional engineering. Using careers history data from 15 women engaged in
professional engineering work in a high technology industrial organization,
certain aspects of their promotion progress are examined. The interaction of
aspects such as the women′s aspirations and certain organizational processes
were produci...
WOMEN MANAGERS AND CAREER PROGRESSION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE
Tập 6 Số 2 - 1991
Women in the UK do not achieve promotion into management as readily as men.
Their careers are slower even at early career stages. This appears to be due to
a range of factors including the concentration of women in support functions and
in specialist roles. Women may also be less likely to put themselves forward for
promotion and to suffer discrimination through a combination of implicitly male
ro...
Female part‐time workers' experiences of occupational mobility in the UK service industry
Tập 22 Số 4 - Trang 305-318 - 2007
PurposeThis purpose of this paper it to explore the extent to which female
part‐time workers experience occupational mobility in UK service sector firms,
particularly promotional opportunities, since the implementation of the
Part‐time Workers' Directive in 2000.Design/methodology/approachThe research
adopts a qualitative methodology. In‐depth interviews were carried out with 62
women and 12 of th...
Gender on the agenda 2: unlearning gender blindness in management education
Tập 19 Số 6 - Trang 293-303 - 2004
This paper argues that UK business and management schools continue to operate a
gender blind approach (or at best gender neutral) to management education,
research and the development of management theory. This echoes a pattern
repeated in the practice of management, which closes down and inhibits
opportunities for management to be “done differently” and for organizations to
be different. Our aim ...
The construction of management. Competence and gender issues at work20041Bronwen Ann Rees. The construction of management. Competence and gender issues at work. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2003. 205 pp., ISBN: 1 84376 228 5
Tập 19 Số 6 - Trang 333-335 - 2004
Women, Decision Making and Academia
Tập 9 Số 3 - Trang 11-16 - 1994
Considers the role of women within academia and outlines their experience of
decision making within this context. Outlines the significant results of a study
on female academics within one institute of higher education. In particular,
women are found to experience an exclusion from informal networks and a
consequent lack of access to real‐time information via the grapevine. They also
perceive them...
Women meaning business
Tập 2 Số 3 - Trang 166-169 - 1987
What's different about women who run their own businesses? And what made them
want to strike out on their own? Ana Novaković talked to some women
entrepreneurs to find out what inspired them and keeps them going.
ADOPT A MENTOR – THE NEW WAY AHEAD FOR WOMEN MANAGERS?
Tập 5 Số 1 - 1990
It is easy for women to gain employment at the lower levels of an organisation
but it is still proving difficult for them to reach senior management positions.
The method of career development known as mentoring is examined as a possible
tool for the career advancement of women. A pilot study of 30 managers′
comparing male and female managers′ attitudes toward mentoring, is provided. The
importanc...