Gender Typing of the Successful Manager—A Stereotype Reconsidered

By T. Willemsen. 2002

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“Think Athletic Director, Think Masculine?”: Examination of the Gender Typing of Managerial Subroles Within Athletic Administration Positions (2009, background): “The phrase “think manager, think male” first coined by Schein (1975) continues to be supported in current literature examining gender stereotyping in management (Duehr and Bono 2006; Heilman et al. 1989; Martell et al. 1998; Powell et al. 2002; Schein 2001, 2007; Willemsen 2002).”
Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs (2011, background): “In most cultures, the meaning is masculine, making the prototypical leader a quintessentially masculine man: decisive, assertive, and independent (Bailyn, 2006; Calás & Smircich, 1991; Dennis & Kunkel, 2004; Epitropaki & Martin, 2004; Powell, Butterfield, & Parent, 2002; Willemsen, 2002).”
Are male leaders penalized for seeking help? The influence of gender and asking behaviors on competence perceptions (2015, background): “Furthermore, almost 30 years after Schein's groundbreaking research, Willemsen (2002) noted a pattern of findings similar to Schein's and showed that, in open-ended descriptions of a successful manager, participants indicated male-biased imagery by using the terms he, him, or hismore frequently…”
Gender stereotypes and workplace bias (2012, background): “There also is research that has explicitly verified that good managers are described in masculine terms (Dennis & Kunkel, 2004; Powell, Butterfield, & Parent, 2002; Willemsen, 2002), and that stereotypically male qualities are thought necessary to be a successful executive (Martell, Parker, Emrich, ”
Gender Stereotypes in the Workplace: Obstacles to Women's Career Progress (2007, background): “Subsequent research has verified that a good manager is described in masculine terms (Powell, Butterfield, & Parent, 2002; Willemsen, 2002; Dennis & Kunkel, 2004), and that the attributes believed to be necessary to succeed as an executive are stereotypically male (Martell, Parker, Emrich, & Crawfor”
A Closer Look Beneath the Surface: Various Facets of the Think-Manager–Think-Male Stereotype (2003, unknown): “The phenomenon of think-manager‐ think-male has been confirmed in many subsequent studies; thus management is still associated with men (e.g., Brenner, Tomkiewitz, & Schein, 1989; Heilman, Block, & Martell, 1995; Powell & Butterfield, 1979; Powell, Butterfield, & Parent, 2002; Willemsen, 2002 ).”
Gender Stereotypes and the Attribution of Leadership Traits: A Cross-Cultural Comparison (2004, unknown): “This phenomenon of think-manager–thinkmale was confirmed in many subsequent studies; thus, management is still associated with being male (e.g., Heilman, Block, & Martell, 1995; Powell, Butterfield, & Parent, 2002; Sczesny, 2003a, 2003b; Willemsen, 2002 ).”