Becoming a leader: the challenge of modesty for women

dc.contributor.authorBudworth, Marie-Helene
dc.contributor.authorMann, Sara L.
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-25T20:23:21Z
dc.date.available2010-11-25T20:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractPurpose - While the number of women in managerial positions has been increasing, the gender composition of top management teams is skewed. There are barriers and obstacles in place that limit the movement of women into leadership roles. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between modesty and access to leadership. Specifically, tendencies toward modesty and lack of self-promotion are hypothesized to perpetuate the lack of female involvement in top management positions. Design/methodology/approach - The literature on modesty and self-promotion is reviewed. The findings are discussed in terms of the persistent challenges faced by women with regard to their ability to enter senior levels of management. Findings - The overall message of the paper is that behaviours that are successful for males in the workplace are not successful for females. The good news is that women do not need to adopt male ways of being in order to succeed. A limitation is that the paper is largely "uni-cultural", as the research referenced is primarily that undertaken in a North American context. Self-promotion and modesty may be conceptualized differently in other contexts. Originality/value - The paper is one of the first to focus on modesty, an important gendered individual difference, to explain persistent workplace inequalities.en
dc.identifier.citationBudworth, M. & Mann, S. (2010). Becoming a leader: the challenge of modesty for women. Journal of Management Development, 29(2), 177-186.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/6305
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/02621711011019314
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEmeralden
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectLeadershipen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.titleBecoming a leader: the challenge of modesty for womenen
dc.typeArticleen

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