Publication: Are workplaces with many women in management run differently?
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2011-04
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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
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Women in management, People-management practices, Managerial behavior
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Journal of Business Research, 2011, v. 64, n. 4, pp. 385-393