0 оценок0% нашли этот документ полезным (0 голосов)
16 просмотров10 страниц
This document discusses gender roles and the motivation of males and females for managerial positions in Hong Kong. It finds that while women make up 37% of the workforce in Hong Kong, they only occupy 20% of managerial roles. Cultural norms view women as passive and lacking the aggression needed for management. Even today, women's primary role is seen as mothers. The document also examines managerial motivation theory and the six dimensions needed for successful management, finding that Hong Kong women are often not perceived to have these qualities. It concludes that for Hong Kong's economy to prosper, both men and women need active involvement in management roles regardless of gender.
This document discusses gender roles and the motivation of males and females for managerial positions in Hong Kong. It finds that while women make up 37% of the workforce in Hong Kong, they only occupy 20% of managerial roles. Cultural norms view women as passive and lacking the aggression needed for management. Even today, women's primary role is seen as mothers. The document also examines managerial motivation theory and the six dimensions needed for successful management, finding that Hong Kong women are often not perceived to have these qualities. It concludes that for Hong Kong's economy to prosper, both men and women need active involvement in management roles regardless of gender.
Авторское право:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Доступные форматы
Скачайте в формате PPT, PDF, TXT или читайте онлайн в Scribd
This document discusses gender roles and the motivation of males and females for managerial positions in Hong Kong. It finds that while women make up 37% of the workforce in Hong Kong, they only occupy 20% of managerial roles. Cultural norms view women as passive and lacking the aggression needed for management. Even today, women's primary role is seen as mothers. The document also examines managerial motivation theory and the six dimensions needed for successful management, finding that Hong Kong women are often not perceived to have these qualities. It concludes that for Hong Kong's economy to prosper, both men and women need active involvement in management roles regardless of gender.
Авторское право:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Доступные форматы
Скачайте в формате PPT, PDF, TXT или читайте онлайн в Scribd
motivation and gender roles – A Study on males & females in Hong Kong
By – Soumik(42) Common Facts of Gender Roles
• All cultures differentiate between male and female
roles.
• While the degree of inequality varies from nation to
nation, unequal representation of men and women in managerial positions is found around the world .
• Men are expected to fulfil certain roles and behave
accordingly, whereas women are supposed to satisfy other social roles and expectations.
• Despite the growth of women occupying
management positions in Hong Kong, a significant gender gap still exists . Information About Hong Kong’s Managerial Gender Roles
• According to the 1991 Population Census, of the 249,000
managers and administrators in Hong Kong, 199,000 were males and only 50,000 were females.
• Women in Hong Kong comprise 37 percent of the
total labor force of 2.8 million, yet they occupy 20 percent of managerial and administrative positions .
• Rapid economic growth combined with women’s
increased educational attainment accounts for the increase of women in Hong Kong managerial ranks . Women In Management
Masculine/feminine cultural norms are expected to exert
a high degree of influence on women’s access to top management in their country .
Women in management will have the greatest difficulties
in the masculine countries, such as Hong Kong, because women will encounter more resistance and need to make greater adjustments in the work environment.
Even in today’s Hong Kong,the woman’s central role is to
be the mother of her family .
Husbands in Hong Kong believe that wives may work,
providing they pose no threat to the male’s dominant position . Managerial Role Motivation
Managerial role motivation theory is the basis for a better
understanding of the motivation to manage concept .
To be a successful manager, one must have the desire
and the motivation to fulfil these roles.
There are six motivational dimensions corresponding to six
managerial role requirements which when combined form motivation to manage. They are :-
1) Favourable attitudes to superiors .
2) Desire to compete . 3) Desire to assert yourself . 4) Desire to exercise power . 5) Desire to be distinct & different . 6) Desire to perform routine administrative duties responsibly . A Statistical Report
• Hong Kong women
are often perceived as passive, submissive, lacking aggressiveness and a drive to be successful managers . Bar Graph Showing the % participation of Women in our Society Possible Outcomes of motivating people Managerial Roles of Both Genders
• The principal purpose was to
compare managerial motivation of female and male business Managers .
• To grow and prosper in the
highly-competitive economy of the twenty-first century, Hong Kong organizations need the active involvement of all employees, both men and women in their managerial ranks. The End
Matrices of Violence: A Post-Structural Feminist Rendering of Nawal El Saadawi's Woman at Point Zero and Lola Soneyin's The Secrets of Baba Segi's Wives