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标题：The Gendered Impact on Organisations of a Critical Mass of Women in Senior Management
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作者：Colleen Chesterman ; Anne Ross-Smith ; Margaret Peters 等
期刊名称：Policy & Society
印刷版ISSN：1449-4035
电子版ISSN：1839-3373
出版年度：2005
卷号：24
期号：4
页码：69-91
DOI：10.1016/S1449-4035(05)70069-2
摘要：This paper reports on the fi ndings of a recent Australia-wide empirical study that investigated the impact of the presence of senior women executives on management cultures. The study involved interviews with 255 senior executives in Australian organisations from the higher education, public and private sectors. It sought to analyse gendered organisational practices and procedures embedded within such cultures. We found that both men and women clearly agreed that the presence of women in senior roles had changed management cultures and infl uenced methods of decision-making. Yet we also found that the infl uences that women were seen to have on management cultures were often described in terms that reinforced traditional gender stereotypes. The paper argues that valuing management based upon traits and orientations traditionally associated with women and “the feminine” has the potential to further engender inequality at senior levels in organisations.