Sex role stereotyping and requisite management characteristics: a cross cultural look
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A cross cultural study of sex role stereotyping and management skills among management students from the US, Great Britain and Germany was conducted. Results indicate that sex typing for males are similar in all three countries. Sex typing for females in Germany and Great Britain indicate that successful managers have male characteristics. American females do not sex type managerial characteristics believing that men do not exclusively have the skills for managerial success.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 1992
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Think manager - think male: a global phenomenon?
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Both male and female executives in Japan and the People's Republic of China were found to have the idea that middle managers must have the characteristics, attitudes and temperaments of male managers to be successful. Comparison of the findings with similar research in the US, UK and Germany utilizing the same Schein Descriptive Index yielded the same results. Therefore, the belief that managers need to be male appears universal.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 1996
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An examination of beliefs about older workers: do stereotypes still exist?
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The perception or beliefs of individuals about older workers is analyzed. The analysis is based on the individual's relations with older workers, supervisory status and demographic factors. Results of the study show that younger workers generally hold positive beliefs despite the fact that older workers tend to be more positive than the younger ones. Chronological age was found to control two relationships in the study.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 1995
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