Gender stereotypical attitudes Past, Present and Future influences on Women's career advancement

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August 18 , 2010

It has been generally observed that workplace attitudes on gender have continued to influence decisions and direct actions in organizations These attitudes have tended to be directed more at women than men . The result has been a hindrance in the effective participation of women in decision-making at the workplace . Most men , and sadly women , have had the opinion that women lack the ability to function in management positions that require strategic decision making within the organization . They are said to lack the ability

to decide on their feet as somebody would put it . Research findings unfortunately seem to point at the existence of this sad scenario in most organizations

A research carried out by Wood (2008 ) provides a lot of insightful information on the effect of gender stereotyping of women at the work place . Out of a total of 30 respondents selected for this study , there were 19 men and 11 women , who happened to be in various management positions in their organizations . It is interesting to note the gender stereotyping began right from the sampling . One wonders why the researchers decided to use 19 male and 11 female managers and not 15 male and 15 female managers . A good number of the female managers in the US felt it would take over 10 years for women to achieve equal representation with men in terms of job placement . A number of male respondents from the US shared a similar view and supported his position...