Session Summary

Session Number:242
Session ID:S319
Session Title:Sneaking into the Men's Room: Leadership, Evaluations, and Making it to the Top
Short Title:Leadership and Evaluations
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Hyatt West
Floor:LL2
Room:Regency Ball B(S)
Time:Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Sponsors

GDO  (Audrey Murrell)amurrell@katz.business.pitt.edu (412) 648-1651 
OB  (Robert Liden)bobliden@uic.edu (312) 996-4481 

General People

Chair Posner, Barry Z. Santa Clara U. bposner@scu.edu (408)-554-4634 
Organizer Butterfield, D. Anthony U. of Massachusetts, Amherst dabutter@mgmt.umass.edu 413-545-5678 
Discussant Eagly, Alice H. Northwestern U. eagly@nwu.edu (847)-467-5026 
Discussant Davidson, Marilyn J. U. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology marilyn.davidson@umist.ac.uk 011-44-161-200-3449 

Submissions

"Re-viewing" gender, leadership, and managerial behavior: Do three decades of research tell us anything? 
Presenter Butterfield, D. Anthony U. of Massachusetts, Amherst dabutter@mgmt.umass.edu 413-545-5678 
Presenter Grinnell, James Paul U. of Massachusetts, Amherst grinnell@som.umass.edu (413)-545-5589 
Gender influences on performance evaluations 
Presenter Bartol, Katherine  U. of Maryland kbartol@rhsmith.umd.edu (301)-405-2249 
The glass ceiling: Recent trends and future prospects 
Presenter Powell, Gary N. U. of Connecticut gary@sba.uconn.edu 860-486-3862 
Global leaders: Women of influence 
Presenter Adler, Nancy J. McGill U. Adler@Management.McGill.CA (514)398-4031 

Abstract

Since women began joining the managerial ranks in significant numbers in the 1970's, researchers have explored relationships among issues of gender, leadership and managerial success. But exactly what have we learned after three decades of research? Has the academic interest in female progress up the hierarchy been matched by actual advancement? How pluralistic is the world at the top? This symposium addresses these questions. To succeed, women must perform in lower-level managerial positions first, get high marks in performance evaluations, pass through that last barrier (glass ceiling), and survive in a global world once they are at the top. Sufficient research, reviewed by the presenters, has been carried out in these areas to assess where we are now and what lies ahead. Butterfield and Grinnell examine gender effects in studies of leadership and managerial behavior. Bartol evaluates research on effects of gender on rater, ratee and self-ratings of performance. Powell examines explanations regarding the progress of women in management, especially pertaining to the glass ceiling. Adler investigates highest-level leadership in the political as well as business arenas. Discussants Eagly and Davidson, both experienced scholars on gender and leadership, assess the contributions of the research presentations and suggest how the field should progress in a more meaningful manner. Session chair Posner, a prize-winning author on leadership and current business school dean at Santa Clara University, adds perspectives from his own research and practice of leadership.