... in their progression and development. Originality/value The paper contributes to the limited literature on women in management in Lebanon as well as the Middle Eastern region in general. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Lebanon Women Organizations Career development Managers Influence...

...Adelina Broadbridge; Jeff Hearn; Barbara Kożusznik Purpose According to the situational theories of leadership managers should adapt their influence tactics to situational demands but there is still a constant problem with managerial influence because managers using influence (whether “hard...

...Sangeetha Rajan; Venkat R. Krishnan This paper studies the impact of gender on frequency of use of influence strategies, amount of power and authoritarianism, using a sample of 109 managers from two organizations in India. Seven downward influence strategies (assertiveness, bargaining, coalition...

... Career development Gender Influence Managers Networks USA Developmental relationships have been found to play an important role in the career development of both women and men. The mentor relationship has received considerable attention in this regard[ 1 ]. But a considerable number of women...

... of successful managers and those of women in general, but some association between the characteristics of managers and men in general. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Academic staff Decision making Discrimination Influence Management roles Managerial power Stereotyping Women In recent years...

... informal networks and a consequent lack of access to real‐time information via the grapevine. They also perceive themselves to have less influence on organizational decision making than their male counterparts and suffer from a greater feeling of intimidation of authority, finding it difficult to make...