Sex differences in personality traits of female and male Master of Business Administration students.

Steinberg, R.; Shapiro, Stanley H.

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.67.3.306

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“…Maccoby and Jacklin (l974), based on their review of research, concluded that men are indeed more aggressive than women in a wide vafjety of situations. Steinberg and Shapiro (1982) found that male and female M.B.A. students did not differ on traditional aspects of personality as measured by Cattell's 16PF, the California Personality Inventory (C.P.I. ), or the Rathus Assertive Inventory.…”

Section: Sex Differencesmentioning

confidence: 87%

Personality and Biographical Differences between Male and Female Managers in the United States and India

Ottaway

Bhatnagar

1988

Applied Psychology

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Cette recherche fut faite sur deux échantillons composés de cadres des deux sexes poursuivant des études à l'Institut Indien de Management ou dans une “business school” américaine. On a recueilli des informations sur la personnalité et la biographic des sujets. Elles ont été soumises à une analyse de variance pour éprouver l'hypothèse selon laquelle les cadres féminins américains sont plus proches de leurs collègues masculins (quant à leur personnalité, leur salaire et leur statut professional) que ne le sont les cadres indiens masculins et féminins. Pour ce qui est de la personnalité, les femmes des deux pays sont plus exigeantes que les hommes et davantage victimes de conflits. Les Américaines sont aussi plus naïves. Les éléments biographiques montrent que les cadres des deux sexes ne différent pas significativement quant au niveau hiérarchique, au nombre de subordonnés ou à l'importance du budget mis à leur disposition. Les femmes sont plus instruites, mais gagnent significativement moins. Le cadre américain gagne 41,8 % de plus que la femme, mais en Inde l'homme ne gagne que 8,7 % de plus que sa collègue. This study was conducted on a sample of male and female managers studying at the Indian Institute of Management and a sample of male and female managers studying at an American business school. Personality data and biographical characteristics were collected. They were analysed by an ANOVA to test the hypothesis that American female managers are nearer in personality, salary, and job status to American managers than the Indian male and female managers. From the personality data we found that the females in both countries are more hard‐driving and conflicted than the males. The American female manager is also more naive. The biographical data indicate that the male and female managers do not differ significantly on job level, number of subordinates, or size of budget controlled. The females are better educated and earn significantly less. Furthermore, the American male manager earns 41.8% more than the female and in India the male earns 8.7% more than the female.

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Section: Sex Differencesmentioning

confidence: 87%

Personality and Biographical Differences between Male and Female Managers in the United States and India

Ottaway

Bhatnagar

1988

Applied Psychology

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“…Furthermore, the use of MBA students as subjects constitutes a relatively conservative test of the gender differences issue. Students who pursue MBA degrees are particularly likely to be interested in upward mobility and previous research indicates that female MBA students tend to possess traits that are commonly associated with competent managers (Steinberg & Shapiro, 1982).…”

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confidence: 99%

Managerial motivation among MBA students: A longitudinal assessment

Bartol¹,

Martin²

1987

Journal of Occupational Psychology

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A longitudinal study of the effects of business school training on the motivation to manage of Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students was conducted using the forced‐choice version of the Miner Sentence Completion Scale (MSCS). Male MBA students had significantly higher levels of motivation to manage than female MBA students, with part‐time females registering the lowest managerial motivation levels among the MBA students. Managerial motivation scores were significant predictors of salary after graduation, but failed to predict programme completion and MBA grade point averages. Based on measurements taken at the beginning of the degree programme and after graduation, results indicated no significant difference in managerial motivation levels associated with business school MBA training. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…Hospitality thus appears to be like other predominantly female professions, such as teaching, where women deal with the day-to-day roles, but men organize, plan, direct and control (Crampton and Mishra 1999). In other words, women continue to populate corporations but rarely run them (Steinberg and Shapiro 1982). One of the reasons for this may be that women are making choices that do not lead to senior positions.…”

Section: The Workforce Experiences Of Men and Womenmentioning

confidence: 95%