The Role of Powerful Women for Reshaping Organizations and Professional Labor Markets and Practices
| Autor: | Julia Kirby, Jamie J. Ladge, Michelle M. Duguid, Timothy Hoff, Bruce Kogut, Gary N. Powell, Mabel Abraham, Kathleen L. McGinn, Susan Perkins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014:16732 |
| ISSN: | 2151-6561 0065-0668 |
| DOI: | 10.5465/ambpp.2014.16732symposium |
| Popis: | A recent Forbes.com article states that “Women must take a special interest in supporting other women in order to help make gender equality in business a reality” (Perkett, 2014). But to what extent do women actually serve as catalysts for reducing inequality? As women now hold about fifty-percent of all management positions (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013) and are becoming the majority of new entrants in high-status professions, such as medicine (American Association of Medical Colleges, 2013), management scholars are beginning to examine the impact of women leaders, in particular, on gender inequality (e.g. Hoff 2010; Perkins, Phillips & Pearce, 2013; Powell & Butterfield, 2013). Given the pervasiveness of gender inequality in terms of wages, job segregation, and access to resources, for example, it becomes pertinent to understand whether women leaders provide a potential lever for reducing this form of inequality. Thus, our proposed panel symposium will address the following central questions: What r... |
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