...Zachary Sheaffer; Ronit Bogler; Samuel Sarfaty Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which leadership attributes, masculinity, risk taking and decision making affect perceived crisis proneness. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws mainly on the literature about...

...Edeltraud Hanappi‐Egger; Alexandra Kauer Purpose The paper's aim is to make the a priori gender scripts visible in order to discuss their role in decision‐making processes in business contexts. Design/methodology/approach In order to get access to hidden and unconscious gender scripts...

...‐based differences in the ethical disposition and the underlying dimensions in ethical decision‐making processes, by specific examination of business students. Design/methodology/approach The main research instrument is a quantitative questionnaire through which the responses of 162 business students...

...Lynn M. Martin; Alison Halstead This micro‐level view of information and communication technology (ICT)‐related decision‐making processes in particular female “knowledge” firms offers areas for further review, research and discussion. Internally focused, these firms reflect earlier studies...

...‐student samples were examined. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Gender Ethics Decision making Canada Although research on business ethics goes back several decades (e.g. Baumhart, 1961), there has been a recent explosion of work in this field. Organizations have recognized the importance...

... variables as factors in ethical decision behaviour to more complex models that encompass the interaction of individual and situational factors. This study revisits the influence of the individual variable of gender on ethical decision making. Using a laboratory format and decision exercises that attempted...

... visionary is a product of all these. They are the offspring of their followers, their timing, and the opportunities present: They are the product of the historical moment (Westley and Mintzberg, 1989, p. 30). Leadership Vision Groups Decision making Mary Parker Follett was a writer...

... traits, provides another perspective when judging a decision as being fair or unfair. In this paper we propose to test whether sex‐role orientation does indeed tell a different story than simply using biological sex as a predictor. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Decision making Empirical studies...

... of this study is to investigate the relationship between gender role and decision style. Decision making Gender Leadership Management styles Roles Stereotyping In their 1987 review of the field of organizational behaviour, House and Singh[ 1 ] put much emphasis on the importance of leadership...

...Gus Okanlawon Introduces the concept of strategic decision making as a key management role and the lack of women′s involvement in this role as a means for understanding the organizational barriers faced by women in modern times. Studies strongly suggest that the shortage of women managers...

...Janet Handley Considers the role of women within academia and outlines their experience of decision making within this context. Outlines the significant results of a study on female academics within one institute of higher education. In particular, women are found to experience an exclusion from...

... by the Pearson product moment correlation coefficients (PMCC) (see Table II). These show that the Pearson coefficients (r) show the same general pattern as the intraclass coefficients (ICC – r,) but tend to be slightly higher. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Academic staff Decision making...

... decision‐making process that incorporates the power factors operative within a system and weighs risks and losses of telling vs. tolerance within that context. Another way to explore the relationship between the power related properties of systems and reactions to sexually harassing behaviours...