Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of working women in a male-dominated country (Morocco) and unveil the unique challenges and everyday gender-bias they face, the psychological impact of the perceived gender-bias and, finally, identify a variety of coping strategies or combatting mechanisms affecting their motivation…

Examines the occupation of travel agent, an occupation that is not sex-role stereotyped. Six measures were developed, revealing the existence of sex structuring of men and women in management and sales positions both among and within New York City travel agencies. (Author)

Women as Managers Scale scores were positively correlated with internal (ability and effort) attributions and negatively correlated with external (luck and easy job) attributions for subjects reading success descriptions. (Author)

Members of both sexes seemed to recognize that certain legitimate areas of organizational influence do exist; however, they disagreed somewhat on both the proper extent and composition of this influence. (Available from Office of Publications, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, $2.50, single…

Use of an experiential learning approach in which participants learn from data generated in exercises, cases, and role-playing has a lasting impact when participants return to their jobs. (Author)

Over the past 20 years a large number of studies have analyzed the behavior of male and female principals and the attitudes of teachers toward both. A review of this literature dramatically demonstrates the wide disparity between the popularly held beliefs and the empirical evidence. (Author)

Analyzed responses of male and female managers indicating that direct contact with women supervisors may dispel traditional female role stereotypes and beliefs about women not being career-oriented. Generalizability of findings is limited to fields with a large number of female administrators. Research in other fields is suggested. (JAC)

Minnesota and national employment statistics show that there is a significant imbalance between men and women in administrative positions. Causes of this condition are attributed to stereotyped role definitions learned by males and females very early in life, leading to lower job aspirations and the acquiring of minimal professional or vocational…

The five speeches in this publication were presented in 1978 at the 63rd annual meeting of the National Council of Administrative Women in Education. Men and women whose speeches appear here touch on key issues involved in the struggle for sexual equality in management jobs. They focus on a new women's network that is gaining popularity as an…

Analyzed responses of male and female managers (N=360). Found female personal characteristics and work environment had little negative impact on initial movement of women into management or their promotion. Suggests agency selection and recruitment practices may have a negative impact on promotion of women. (Author/RC)

A common assumption is that women do not aspire to become public school administrators, but a two-part study in Oregon on women who have actively pursued careers in public school administration contradicts this supposition. The data were collected from questionnaire responses and in-depth interviews. The typical female aspirant in Oregon possesses…

Limited attention has been paid to the impact of sex role stereotypical thinking on the performance of women in management. The author examines research on organizational factors. differential placement, tokenism, and supervisory bias. (Editor/RK)

Reviews selected literature from the small group communication research on gender and leadership emergence and suggests implications of this research for women seeking administrative positions. Hopes that, as men and women become sensitive to effects of sex-role stereotypes on group dynamics and leadership behaviors, there will be increase in…

This collection of insights and experiences of seven women in educational administration is particularly useful for women considering upward mobility within administration. The women's backgrounds and geographic locations vary, and they work in educational institutions at several levels. Their responses to a number of questions relating to their…

Looks at the status of women in management and identifies barriers to the upward mobility of women workers, including sex-role stereotyping, hiring biases, organizational procedures, managers' attitudes, and women's own self-concepts. (Author/JM)