The Manager's Dilemma: An Unobtrusive Measure of the Managerial Sex-Role Stereotype

This paper reports the development of an unobtrusive measure of the sex-role stereotypic attitude associated with the organization position of manager. It further reports some preliminary findings resulting from the administration of the instrument to three large sections of an undergraduate business class containing both male and female students. The paper also considers some additional research conducted in order to eliminate a "social-links" explanation for the data observed. The utility of the instrument as a pedagogical tool and as a research or diagnostic instrument is considered, and some implications of the preliminary findings are noted