Women in Management Review: Volume 12 Issue 4

How different are the roles displayed by female and male managers?

Tricia Vilkinas, Greg Cartan

Describes a 1988 study by Quinn which identified eight managerial roles that managers must display if they are to be effective. The eight roles are innovator, broker, producer…

Not every managerial woman who makes it has a mentor

Ronald J. Burke, Carol A. McKeen

The mentor relationship has been identified as an important contributor to job and career success. Compares managerial and professional women with and without mentors on a variety…

Personal development and women’s training: transforming the agenda

Reena Bhavnani

Analyses the content and methodology of personal development programmes as used within women‐only training. Although women‐only training programmes have increased over the last…

Women’s employment status in two Japanese retail stores in Hong Kong

May M.L. Wong

Examines the employment status of women employees working for two Japanese department stores in Hong Kong. Empirical evidence reveals that Japanese expatriate managers bring…