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Article Information:
Title:
Equal, but different?: The impact of gender egalitarianism on the integration of female/male HR directors
Author(s):
Julia Brandl, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Astrid Reichel
Journal:
Gender in Management: An International Journal
Year:
2008
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
67 - 80
DOI:
10.1108/17542410810849132
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the status and functional responsibilities of female human resource (HR) directors vary cross-nationally and how gender egalitarian cultural values affect role differences between female and male HR directors.
Design/methodology/approach – A cross-country comparison of HR directors involving 22 countries based on the 2004 Cranet survey.
Findings – Consistent with the hypotheses, gender egalitarian values reduce sex-role differences for strategic integration and for traditionally female-stereotyped HR functions. However, there is no support for the notion that egalitarian values influence sex differences for male-stereotyped HR functions. Since, the data indicate higher levels of involvement of female HR directors in male-stereotyped HR functions in 12 out of 22 countries, unequal distribution of functional responsibility is interpreted as an indicator for sex differences in administrative workload.
Originality/value – Macro cultural factors matter for sex-role differences in strategic integration and functional responsibilities of HR directors. The effects of gender egalitarian values have greater impact on reducing vertical differences than horizontal differences.
Keywords:
Culture,
Gender,
Human resource management,
Women executives
Article Type:
Research paper
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Article URL:
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17542410810849132