RT Article
T1 Gender, Management Styles, and Forms of Capital
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 153
IS 2
SP 357
OP 373
A1 Carmona, Salvador
A1 Ezzamel, Mahmoud
A1 Mogotocoro, Claudia
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785666770
AB 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.
K1 Accounting reports
K1 Forms of capital
K1 Management styles
K1 Gender
DO 10.1007/s10551-016-3371-8