There has been a considerable increase in the proportion of women managers in recent
years, from 21% in 1976 to 46% in 1999, and a call for “feminine leadership” to capitalize on …

Purpose Several studies have shown that the traditional stereotype of a “good” manager
being masculine and male still exists. The recent changes in the proportion of women and …

Purpose–A major barrier to women's progress in management worldwide continues to be
the gender stereotyping of the managerial position. The purpose of the paper is to examine …

Despite an increase in the number of womenmanagers, women frequently have difficulty
advancing toupper levels of management. Researchers such as VE Schein [(1973),“The …

As the number of women in management roles increases and organizations place a greater
emphasis on diversity, a subsequent change in perceptions of women as leader‐like is …

Purpose–The aims of this study are threefold: to examine the relationship between gender
role stereotypes and requisite managerial characteristics, to test Lord and Maher's …

The relationship between sex role stereotypes and characteristics perceived as necessary
for management success was examined among 497 male and 328 female management …

Using data collected from 1984 to 2002 from 2,371 male and 1,768 female middle and
senior managers in the United States, the authors of this article demonstrate not only that …

Executive Overview There has been a dramatic change in the “face” of management over
the last two decades. That face is now female more than one-third of the time. What are the …

The feminization of management is a recurring theme in both popular and scientific
management literature. However, several studies have shown that successful managers are …