Women and inter-organizational boundary spanning: A way into upper management?
| Autor: | Juan Manuel Ramón-Jerónimo, Pedro Araujo-Pinzon, Raquel Florez-Lopez, Concha Álvarez-Dardet |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Multivariate analysis Economics Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Control (management) Boundary spanning Boundary management Vertical and horizontal segregation lcsh:Business Externalized export channels Empirical research Promotion (rank) Inter organizational 0502 economics and business ddc:650 Business Business and International Management media_common Marketing J16 business.industry 05 social sciences Inter-organizational relationships M10 Gender Public relations Business Finance Management Position (finance) 050211 marketing Demographic economics lcsh:HF5001-6182 business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Scipedia Open Access Scipedia SL European Research on Management and Business Economics, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 70-81 (2017) |
| Popis: | This study analyses the presence of gender segregation in Spanish exporting firms. Both women's access to managerial positions (vertical segregation) and women's achievement of managerial roles that are socially associated with communal attributes (horizontal segregation) are tested. We argue that boundary-spanning (henceforth, boundary management) in export interfirm relationships benefits from relational and communal skills and therefore could not only offer an opportunity for women to gain access to management positions but also put them at risk of falling into a rut before achieving other control-based managerial roles. This empirical study examines the characteristics (personal and firm-level) of Spanish female managers in charge of export management through independent channels. A multivariate analysis has been performed to compare female managers with male managers both in boundary management and in the position of finance director, a control position closer to a socially stereotyped masculine role. The results show that women have slightly higher access to boundary management jobs than finance management jobs, as well as a significantly lower promotion time than male colleagues, but they also corroborate that there is a smaller percentage of women than men in any management positions, with female managers working in younger firms with fewer resources for export activity. |
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