Along with the increase in female managers in public organizations, the objectives of this study is to identify 'substantial acceptability of female managers, focusing on organizational sex-ratio and gender-role stereotypes. In so doing, this study ...
Along with the increase in female managers in public organizations, the objectives of this study is to identify 'substantial acceptability of female managers, focusing on organizational sex-ratio and gender-role stereotypes. In so doing, this study is based on the following theoretical context: Leader-Member Exchange(LMX), Relational Demography, and gender-role stereotypes and role congruity.
With respect to the empirical study, survey was conducted from public servants within the Korean Central Government. Via purposive sampling, 900 questionnaires was distributed. 719 of them was returned, yielding a response rate of 79.8%. In terms of the primary concern, which is the impact of sex-composition between supervisors- subordinates on acceptability of supervisors, collected data was categorized into four groups according to sex-combination: male supervisors-male subordinates(MM), male supervisors-female subordinates(MF), female supervisors-male subordinates(FM), female supervisors-female subordinates(FF).
According to statistical analysis, this study revealed mixed results. In comparison with female supervisors, male supervisors tended to be evaluated more favorably by their subordinates, irrespective of subordinates' gender, in all dimensions of LMX such as capability, communication, emotional preference, protection, contribution and role modeling. Any significant impact of sex-composition between supervisors -subordinates on evaluation of supervisors' capability and communication was not founded. On the other hands, sex composition strongly influenced to emotional preference and contribution. That is, male supervisors with female subordinates received less favorable evaluations in emotional preference and contribution than male supervisors with female subordinates. It will be needed to discuss their implications for organizational management and gender equality in organizations as well as effective utilization of female managers .