Perception of Women as Managers. The Difference of Attitudes between Employees and Non-employees
Year: 2013
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The phenomenon “Think manager – think male”, which entails the correspondence between male characteristics and managerial positions, is a global one, especially among men. Taking into consideration this frame of thinking, the present paper researches into the attitudes towards female mangers, from the perspective of three samples of subjects; these samples consist in employees and non-employees (students): 46 employees working in a multinational company, 116 students studying management, and 131 students studying other domains. The results show that male employees and non-employees have less favorable attitudes towards the idea of female managers than women do. As for women, the female students studying management differ from the female employees, as well as from the female students in the control research population, and this difference consists in a more positive perception of women as managers.
Author: Beatrice Adriana Balgiu
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1995002777