A vast labor literature has found evidence of a glass ceiling, whereby women are under-represented among senior …, prejudice, or systematically biased beliefs about the ability of female managers. Disentangling these theories would require … data on productivity, on the preferences of those who interact with managers, and on perceptions of productivity. Financial …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant … differences were observed among women in high-level managerial positions, women who worked in non-high-level positions, and women …

increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in mid … female labor forces. We also find that the positive influence of women in top leadership positions on managerial gender …The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce …

show that an increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in … also find that the positive influence of women in top leadership positions on managerial gender diversity diminishes over …The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant … differences were observed among women in high-level managerial positions, women who worked in non-high-level positions, and women …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women … there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive …

This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes … for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and … unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in …

those expected from gender stereotypes. Unlike previous research on the topic, always based on opinions about individual … managers, this investigation uses firm-level evidence from the British 1998 Workplace Employment Relationship Survey (WERS 98 … female managers into specific responsibilities, are avoided in the research presented here. The results show that workplaces …