Women managers and organizational power

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Title:	Women managers and organizational power
Author(s):	Françoise Belle, (Maître de Conférences, Ecole Supérieure des Affaires, Université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble cédex, France.)
Citation:	Françoise Belle, (2002) "Women managers and organizational power", Women In Management Review, Vol. 17 Iss: 3/4, pp.151 - 156
Keywords:	Barriers, Gender, Management, Organizational culture, Women
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/09649420210425291 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	The absence of women from top management was long attributed to the traditional “ball and chain” of family responsibilities. The fundamental reason for women’s slow progress in the realms of power may lie elsewhere. Recent research has sought to identify the elements which constitute an invisible barrier – or glass ceiling – which continues to keep women from top positions. How far does the organization, as an institution, contribute through its culture to this exclusion? In this paper a comparative study of two firms will suggest to what extent the organizational culture models the professional identity of women and their subsequent relationship with power.