Gender, management styles and forms of capital

Carmona, S., Ezzamel, Mahmoud ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-8440 and Mogotocoro, Claudia 2018. Gender, management styles and forms of capital. Journal of Business Ethics 153 (2) , pp. 357-373. 10.1007/s10551-016-3371-8

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Abstract

Extant research notes a tendency to propound the idea that female managers are secondary to men. Gender differences constitute an ethical issue and the discursive constructions of gender management are central to research in business ethics. Drawing on evidence gathered from a time–space intersection that has been widely neglected by research in this area, we address whether female business leaders develop gender-stereotypic management styles as well as their propensity to adopt masculine management patterns such as making risky decisions and implementing formal management systems (e.g. accounting reports). Our findings suggest that gender-stereotypic management styles are chosen strategically and target-driven, which implies a selective use of masculine and feminine management styles. Furthermore, as part of the masculine approach, female business owners adopt risk-taking decisions and implement formal management systems. Our results provide support for the argument that gender is context dependent and, hence, the findings of this study may be useful for contemporary jurisdictions featuring male-dominated societies and a strong intervention by the State in the economy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0167-4544
Date of Acceptance:	26 October 2016
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 07:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100460

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