RT Article
T1 At the heart of women in management research: Theoretical and methodological approaches and their biases
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 9
IS 4
SP 267
OP 274
A1 Fagenson, Ellen A.
LA English
YR 1990
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785600532
AB This paper examines the dominant theoretical approaches in the field of women in management (WIM) that have been applied to explain women's limited ability to assume organizational positions of significant power. The propositions of traditional (gender-centered and organization structure perspectives) and a newer theoretical perspective (gender-organization-system approach) are discussed. It is proposed that the theories embraced by WIM researchers bias the factors they examine, the methodologies they employ, the statistical techniques they apply, the results they obtain and the conclusions they reach. This is shown to be a particular problem with the gender-centered and organization structure perspectives and not the gender-organization-system approach.
K1 Methodological Approach
K1 Theoretical Approach
K1 Organization Structure
K1 Statistical Technique
K1 Economic Growth
DO 10.1007/BF00380326