Role models, work identity and senior women's career progression - why are role models important?

Sealy, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1279-9185 and Singh, V. (2006) Role models, work identity and senior women's career progression - why are role models important? In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2006.22898277 (Vol. 2006, No. 1)

Abstract/Summary

This article studies the necessity of female role models in executive positions. Because there are still so few women at the senior management level, men and many women view that a "masculine" management style is still necessary to succeed at the top, and often the "female" style of management is not viewed as effective. The importance of the role model is looked at demographically and at how women often have to find the attributes that a role model would inhabit from many more diverse sources than men have to.