Women's management, perceived job responsibility, and job search intention

摘要

The impact of manager gender on subordinates' perceived jobresponsibility and intention to look for work was explored using anational sample of 1,825 supervisors employed in a variety ofindustries. After accounting for several covariates, resultsindicated that supervisors who had a female manager perceived lowerjob responsibility than did those ho had a male manager. Results alsoshowed that supervisors who had a female manager had higherintentions to look for work than did those who had a male manager.The causes and managerial implications of these findings areexplored.