Male manager vs Female manager?

Question

Hi, People said Male manager command more respect and progress more rapidly than do female manager.

What do you think? Why ? give reasons

anything related to the M and F's ability?

Answer 1

There are a variety of reasons for the gender wage gap and many are debated. Few are to do with ability. I would say it is far more complicated than that. If you are really curious, check out statistics on labor in the U.S. You could also read the following article.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2003/03/art2...

Answer 2

In reality, it is still considered to be a man's world in the field of management, but that is rapidly changing, at least in the Federal Government and Contracting arena.  Females tend to be more demanding (I have had several and I know), whether because they are a woman and feel that they have to be, I don't know.  I don't think it is necessarily a gender's ability to manage, more of a social acceptance and stereotype that we have lived with over the decades.  Things are changing, as evidenced by the near presidential candidate being a woman.  Mindset is changing.  

Answer 3

No, it has more to do with the attitudes of others.  I'm working for a female manager right now and she is terrific, but then, she had to be terrific in order to get as far as she did.  I've known dozens of men in the same position, and while some were good, others were completely incompetent and, had they been female, they would never have gotten the job in the first place.

I think a lot of it has to do with the types of relationships people are used to having with women.  They don't want to work for mommy.  Some men feel emasculated working for someone who reminds them of their wife or girlfriend, rather than their buddy.  Women have often been raised to think of other women as rivals.  None of these approaches are supportive of women in managerial positions.  Fortunately, as people become more used to seeing women in the workplace, some of these old prejudices are fading a bit.  The problem now is that those doing the hiring are often older, and haven't yet changed.  When younger people get to the point that they are the ones hiring the managers, I suspect a lot of this will change.  

I can give you an example.  I was a candidate for a position last year, and a search consultant said to me, "I'm so glad they decided to talk to you.  All these mean need someone to talk to, and women are better listeners!"  I felt like he thought I was going in as their mom, not their boss.