MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Glass Ceiling, Labour Candidates And Parties In Canada, Ingroups And Outgroups
30 Nov 2016
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Week 10: gender & sexuality in the workplace. In 2009, women comprised 37% of managers, up from 30. 1% in 1979. women: women comprise just 38. 6% of the senate and 25. 2% of the house of commons. Because female leaders are expected to excel in managing and building social relations, they were considered particularly suitable for positions that were accompanied by financial problems and lack of internal social support. If the crisis only involved financial problems but social support was present, participants reverted to traditional gender and leadership stereotypes, and expected a male leader to be more effective than a female one. Plus women leaders receive less support once they reach senior positions: female leaders as signals of change. To the extent that poor organizational performance or a state of crisis lead decision makers to feel threatened, this experience of threat might initiate a desire for change and hence a preference for female leaders.
