Motivation of Managers: Is Gender a Factor?
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 9 (1), 153-159
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1985.tb00868.x
Abstract
Respondents consisted of 124 working managers (62 men, 62 women) whose needs for Achievement ( nAch), Affiliation ( nAff), and Power ( nPwr) were tested using two types of Thematic Apperception Tests, male-oriented and balanced as to sex. Results of a two-way ANOVA indicate that women managers have a higher nAch, a not significantly different nAff, and a higher nPwr than managerial men. Changing social values as well as the obstacles women face in first getting managerial jobs and then having to overcome sex-role conflicts—all possibly channel a specific type of woman into these managerial positions, as other factors act to select men.Keywords
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