Journal of Management Research
Volume 3, Number 1 (April 2003)
ISSN: 0972-5814 Online ISSN: 0974-455X
Women Managers - Perception vs Performance Analysis
Kavita Singh
| Abstract |
Working women are no longer a rarity but are accepted as a part of the workforce. Indian organizations have experienced a steady increase in the number of women employees and this pattern is expected to continue in the future as well. Traditional sex roles suggest that women should behave in a ‘feminine’ manner, and that men should behave in a ‘masculine’ manner. These sex roles have profound impact on the relations between women and men in our society in all spheres of life – in the family, educational system, and work place, and in both management and non-management ranks within the workplace.
The purpose of the present study is to analyze the gap between effectiveness of women managers
and the perception about their effectiveness. There is a need to understand what gives rise to this
gap in the first place. The study is further extended to identify the dilemmas that women managers
face while discharging their duties and then to suggest measures for reducing gender bias at work..
The study has shown that even if we select a group of successful women managers, there is still a
gap in perception about performance and actual performance of these women managers. The gap
is not specific to anyone gender but cuts across gender and personality types. The only way we can
reduce this gender bias is to make more people aware of gender issues and how in small ways they
can correct gender biases around them – whether its work place or family front.
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