Sex-Role Stereotypes and the Socialization of Managers

Dsw, Reginald O. York

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“…However, they do not find any support for this hypothesis. York (1988) does not find any difference in the managerial styles of men and women among 39 direct service practitioners who became managers in six clinical agencies in North Carolina. To explain this result, however, he fails to demonstrate empirically that a minority of women who best meet the male requirements of managerial positions could have better access to administrative promotions as a result of their organizational socialization.…”

Section: Five Streams Of Research On Organizational Socializationmentioning

confidence: 71%

Organizational Socialization in Public Administration Research: A Systematic Review and Directions for Future Research

Moyson

Raaphorst

Groeneveld

et al. 2017

The American Review of Public Administration

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Using the PRISMA approach, we conducted a systematic review of 58 public administration studies of organizational socialization. Organizational socialization is the process of mutual adaptation between an organization and its new members. Our findings demonstrate a growing but geographically disparate interest in this issue. Public administration studies contribute to this research area with novel insights into the determinants of organizational socialization and its effects on employees' public service motivation, Eurocrats' support of supranational institutions, person-organization fit and differences in the socialization of male and female public employees. The review also shows that the effects of organizational socialization on the homogenization of employees' attitudes should not be exaggerated, especially relative to other homogenizing factors such as attraction or selection effects. The reviewed articles are methodologically eclectic, with a recent but growing interest in longitudinal designs. There are also weaknesses in the operationalization of organizational socialization. We conclude with an agenda for future studies on organizational socialization in public administration research.

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Section: Five Streams Of Research On Organizational Socializationmentioning

confidence: 71%

Organizational Socialization in Public Administration Research: A Systematic Review and Directions for Future Research

Moyson

Raaphorst

Groeneveld

et al. 2017

The American Review of Public Administration

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“…One study found that women managers are more likely than male managers to emphasize their careers as compared with personal lives, suggesting that women managers have been socialized to value their professional life differently (Powell et al, 1984). Studying gender stereotypes, York (1988) did not find differences between male and female managers’ socialization but notes that it could be because women who move into administration display different characteristics than those who do not.…”

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Gender Representation, Professional Experiences, and Socialization: The Case of City Managers

Farley

Rauhaus

Eskridge

2020

Public Personnel Management

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Women govern differently and offer a distinct voice in the governing process yet remain significantly underrepresented among city managers and chief administrative officers. Despite decades of work to improve gender parity, women hold just 13% of chief local government positions according to the International City/County Managers Association (ICMA). One reason for this may be that women have different experiences and are socialized differently than men, as suggested by differing motivations, identities, and attitudes. Using a mixed-methods approach, we explore differences in the experiences and socialization of women and men that may contribute to the gender disparity in representation among city managers. Our study yields several significant findings that suggest women are mentored differently, develop different political attitudes over time, and develop confidence differently than their male counterparts. Contrary to prior research, we did not find significant differences in public service motivations by gender or year of service.

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Sex-Role Stereotypes and the Socialization of Managers

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Organizational Socialization in Public Administration Research: A Systematic Review and Directions for Future Research

Organizational Socialization in Public Administration Research: A Systematic Review and Directions for Future Research

Gender Representation, Professional Experiences, and Socialization: The Case of City Managers

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