Purpose Much of the literature identifies the positive nature of role models in career progression. The purpose of this paper is to take the contrary perspective and explore whether role-modelling behaviour of senior female managers can be unintentionally interpreted as negative, with an...

Purpose of this paper: This paper sets out to examine the experiences of female managers in order to enhance our understanding of why there is a relative scarcity of senior female managers in one of the newest sectors of the Irish economy, the high-tech sector. Because this sector has...

Purpose - This paper investigates the perceptions of female middle-level managers in relation to the influence role models have on their career progression in order to more fully comprehend the under-representation of women at the highest organisational levels. Methodology/Approach - This paper...