Are Workplaces with Many Women in Management Run Differently?
Articles
Overview
published in
- Journal of Business Research Journal
publication date
- April 2011
start page
- 385
end page
- 393
volume
- 64
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0148-2963
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1873-7978
abstract
- Are workplaces with a high percentage of women in management run differently? This paper uses data from the British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS98) to analyze empirically the relationship between the percentage of female workplace managers and people-management practices. The results show that workplace management teams with a higher proportion of women monitor employee feedback and development more intensely. Such teams also tend to promote more interpersonal channels of communication and more employee participation in decision-making, although the evidence is weaker for these last two practices. Overall, the findings suggest that the concept of good workplace management practices converges on female leadership styles when the percentage of female managers increases.