The Womens Effectiveness In Managerial Roles

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Midterm Paper

Organizational Behavior

Women’s effectiveness in Managerial Roles

The gender gap for women to men in Managerial roles working in companies is slowly declining. Women can be effective managers because men and women are considered more equal every new generation. Social conditioning causes and effects the way people interact with the world. Proponents disagree with women as being effective in managerial roles. They view women being in managerial roles as weak and unable to command respect from their subordinates. I believe that both women and men are considered equal at fulfilling the duties for managerial roles since women and men’s behavior is partly associated with social conditioning. Social Roles affect how women and men behave in a society. Society teaches us the roles that women and men must play in a society and how both sexes view themselves and others. ("SOCIAL CONDITIONING | FLOW PSYCHOLOGY.").

Social roles that we identify with is called the ego are taught to children starting when they are born. Ego defined is considered one self. Each gender is treated differently by the parents on what is right and wrong. For instance girls are taught that crying is acceptable when parents give them attention whenever they cry. In contrast when a male baby cries he is denied attention from parents to enforce in him that he must be strong. Every step of a child’s life as he grows and matures is directly influenced by how the parents treat the kid as they grow up. For example when growing up as a kid I was taught to not cry to get attention and to be strong by being ignored by my parents to enforce this social conditioning. When parents enforce the role of being strong as a child they are teaching them be in the social role of masculinity. Therefore when a baby female starts crying they pamper her enforcing in her to cry out for help. Boys are taught to be strong and independent by not crying out for attention. This attitude carries through to adult hood when both sexes acquire jobs. Jobs defined simply are adult forms of play .Children consider play as being fun but as adults we consider this work (Watts). Since social roles are taught to us at a young age we can change our social conditioning with every new generation.

In Patriarchal societies Managers that are weak are considered ineffective. Ineffective managers have a harder time to get a good performance out of an employee. An employee under a boss that is viewed as weak is less respected as an authority figure. To be respected in a Patriarchal society for example men are the leaders (The Social Roles of Men and Women). In contrast in a society where woman dominate society is called a Matriarchy. In a Patriarchal society managerial roles are considered to be masculine centered. Managers have to be strong and weakness is considered a detrimental thing to employee confidence in the manager. Women are considered to be the weaker gender by social role standards. But this view is changing as women abandon the role of only raising children and working more outside the home. Today’s society is still patriarchal but the women are slowly changing from the matriarchal roles to more of a patriarchal style in every new generation.

Statistics show that more women are working in Managerial roles at companies. In 1970 only 16 percent of Managers in companies were Women. After thirty years the 16 percent figure gradually rose to 39 percent in 2000 (Mintz pg 1). But statistics are not facts because they can be interpreted in many different ways. To come to a conclusion from statistics without looking at the whole picture makes your conclusion specific to that situation. The figures show that women are becoming more patriarchal in nature over time. In 2012 women have become 39 percent of Managers in companies (HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGlllES). The attitudes of future generations are changing to view women in a more equal light to men. There are many factors influencing the statistical figures. For instance not everyone has the same opinions. There are different cultures with different values to consider. Cultural values are substantially different in Asia than in the USA for instance.

I view women as effective managers. There is no substantial difference between men and women to affect job performance in a managerial role. Women are taught to behave differently but companies can tailor the managerial role to be more suitable for either gender. For example companies can create equality using social stratification to make managers and subordinates equal. By making everyone on equal ground there is no pontification by authority figures. Equality is making managers and subordinates equal in every way. In a company everyone should be trained the same so that everyone can switch positions whenever needed by the company.

Some view women at ineffective at being managers because of their emotional instability.

"Most females are emotionally unpredictable, irritable and easily feel threatened. So, we have a tendency of letting our personal problems take the better of us, and as a result we hang it on our subordinates," Leila says ("Female managers: Are they worse than men?").

Since women are taught from an early age that they are allowed to show their emotions. So they are more likely than men to be emotional and not hide emotions that a man would keep inside. Men are taught from an early age that showing emotions is not acceptable behavior. It is unacceptable because society views men displaying emotions as being weak. Males are taught to be strong and that women are weak so that they need to be taken care of.

In conclusion I think that women can be effective managers because they can effectively manage a household. Companies should cater to women and mens differences in order to maint

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