What Do Managers Like To Do? Comparing Women and Men in Australia and the US

Alison M. Konrad, Robert Waryszak and Linley Hartmann
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Alison M. Konrad: School of Business and Management, Temple University, 13th and Montgomery, Philadelphia PA 19122, USA; E†mail: v5165e@vm.temple.edu
Robert Waryszak: Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Victoria University of Technology, Ballarat Road, Footscray Campus, PO Box 14428, MMC, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Linley Hartmann: School of Management, Faculty of Business and Management, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000.

Australian Journal of Management, 1997, vol. 22, issue 1, 71-97

Abstract: The work of Mintzberg (1973) and others has inspired a substantial literature identifying the work activities conducted by managers. This article contributes to that literature by examining which of their many activities managers find enjoyable and which they find unpleasant. The data base included 1,174 subjects from Australia and the US, most of whom were working managers. Findings indicated that managers most enjoyed the activities associated with leading employees, networking and innovating. Women and men in Australia and the US showed highly similar rank†orderings of preferred managerial activities, though some small gender and country differences in average ratings were observed.

Keywords: MANAGERIAL ACTIVITIES; WORK VALUES; WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1177/031289629702200104

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