Women: The More Committed Managers

Authors

Gary N. Powell
Barry Z. Posner, Santa Clara UniversityFollow
Warren H. Schmidt

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1985

Publisher

American Management Association/AMACOM Publishing

Abstract

Discusses the results of a U.S.-based survey of American Management Association members which aimed to provide information on the relative degrees of commitment of female and male managers to their careers, as opposed to their family or home life. Similarities in the values of male and female managers regarding commitment; Sex-role stereotypes about men and women; Reconsideration of basic assumptions about female managers.

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Recommended Citation

Powell, G. N., Posner, B. Z., & Schmidt, W. H. (1985). Women: the more committed managers? Management Review, 74(6), 42.