Management Revue

Introduction: The Changing Status of Women

The Gendered Stereotype of the 'Good Manager' Sex Role Expectations Towards Male and Female Managers**

In the past 30 years, U.S. and international studies have shown that societal expectations of the 'good manager' are closely related to the male stereotype. However, it is not clear, whether this stereotype is the same for men and women alike in managerial positions. The results of a German study with 625 students and 376 professionals participating between 1997 and 2005 are presented in the short note below. The main findings of the study are: 1. Female managers are expected to conform more ...

Women in Managerial Positions in Europe: Focus On Germany**

Prejudices and stereotypical beliefs about the role of women in society often limit their chances of reaching top leadership positions. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the socio-economic structure and the gender pay gap in managerial positions in Germany building on a review from a cross-national perspective of women's progress to high-ranking positions and of initiatives to overcome the "glass ceiling". Suggestions are made for improving the situation of women in order to permit m...

Do Women Want to Break the Glass Ceiling? A Study of Their Career Orientations and Gender Identity in the Netherlands**

Career orientations, career success and perceived self-efficacy of women employees in relation to their gender identity were studied. It was hypothesized that gender identity is related to career orientations such that women with a masculine gender identity strive for more upward mobility as compared to women with a feminine gender identity, whereas the latter strive more for balancing work and private life. A masculine gender identity was furthermore predicted to be positively related to car...

Genderdax - Top Companies for Women with High Potentials

genderdax is a new information platform on the Internet, offering a comprehensive overview of working conditions and specific opportunities to women with high potential to develop their careers in selected German companies. Women with high potential frequently have great expertise, a great deal of practical experience and generally are highly motivated. Most are very interested in international postings and, when given the opportunity to do so, tend to be highly successful. They display a hig...

The Status of Female Faculty in the U.S.: Thirty-Five Years with Equal Opportunity Legislation**

The status of faculty women in higher education in the U.S. is reviewed from the early 1970s, when equal employment legislation became applicable to them, to the present time. On balance, faculty women's status has improved markedly. In the past thirty five years, women have made large strides in entering academic fields that were previously predominantly male, earning doctorates, attaining full time faculty positions at all types of institutions, increasing scholarly productivity, and in nar...

Research Note: Women's Academic Careers in Business Administration and Economics. Findings of a Multi-Level Survey

Achieving a doctoral degree while working as a research and teaching (r/t) assistant is often the first step of an academic career. The starting point of this investigation is the fact that in the department of business administration and economics of the Freie Universitat Berlin women r/t assistants more often than their male colleagues terminate their employment relationship without having completed their doctoral thesis. Earlier research indicates that this typical pattern is the result of...

Work Styles, Attitudes, and Productivity of Scientists in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A Comparison by Gender**

With scientific research growing increasingly multidisciplinary in nature, team playing and communication skills have become critical in the achievement of scientific breakthroughs. This study adds valuable evidence to the oft-cited "productivity puzzle" in the sciences by comparing the work styles, attitudes, and productivity of female and male scientists. The application of t-test analysis to data on scientists from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands indicates that women report relative...

Chancengleichheit Durch Personalpolitik

Chancengleichheit durch Personalpolitik (Equality of Opportunity through Personal Politics), by Gertraude Krell, is reviewed.

Microeeonomics in Context*

Microeconomics in Context, by Neva Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, Frank Ackerman and Thomas Weisskopt, is reviewed.

Book Reviews

Supporting Women's Career Advancement. Challenges and Opportunities*

Supporting Women's Career Advancement: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Ronald J. Burke and Mary C. Mattis, is reviewed.

Gender in Management &Amp; Entrepreneurship: Four Recent Texts*

Gender and Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographical Approach, by Attila Bruni, Silvia Gherardi, and Barbara Poggio, Women Entrepreneurs: Theory, Research & Policy Implications, edited by Elisabet S. Hauge and Per-Anders Havnes, International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship, edited by Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson, and 50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies, by Jane Pilcher and Imelda Whelehan, are reviewed.