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-Managerial motivation

and gender roles A Study on males & females in Hong Kong

By Soumik(42)

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Common Facts of Gender Roles

All cultures differentiate between male and femaleroles.

While the degree of inequality varies from nation tonation, unequal representation of men and womenin managerial positions is found around the world .

Men are expected to fulfil certain roles and behave

accordingly, whereas women are supposed tosatisfy other social roles and expectations.

Despite the growth of women occupyingmanagement positions in Hong Kong, a significant

gender gap still exists .

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Information About Hong Kongs

Managerial Gender Roles

According to the 1991 PopulationCensus, of the 249,000

managers and administrators in Hong Kong, 199,000 were

males and only 50,000 were females.

Women in Hong Kong comprise 37 percent of the

total labor force of 2.8 million, yet they occupy 20

percent of managerial and administrative positions .

Rapid economic growth combined with womens

increased educational attainment accounts for the

increase of women in Hong Kong managerial ranks .

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Women In Management

Masculine/feminine cultural norms are expected to exert

a high degree of influence on womens access to top

management in their country .

Women in management will have the greatest difficulties

in the masculine countries, such as Hong Kong, because

women will encounter more resistance and need to make

greater adjustments in the work environment.

Even in todays Hong Kong,the womans central role is to

be the mother of her family .

Husbands in Hong Kong believe that wives may work,

providing they pose no threat to the males dominantposition .

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Managerial Role Motivation

Managerial role motivation theory is the basis for a better

understanding of the motivation to manage concept .

To be a successful manager, one must have the desire and

the motivation to fulfil these roles.

There are six motivational dimensions corresponding to six

managerial role requirements which when combined

form motivation to manage. They are :-

1) Favourable attitudes to superiors .2) Desire to compete .

3) Desire to assert yourself .

4) Desire to exercise power .

5) Desire to be distinct & different .

6) Desire to perform routine administrative dutiesresponsibly .

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A Statistical Report

Hong Kong women

are often perceived

as passive,submissive, lacking

aggressiveness

and a drive to be

successful

managers .

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Bar Graph Showingthe % participation of Women

in our Society

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Possible Outcomes of

motivating people

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Managerial Roles of

Both Genders

The principal purpose was tocompare managerial

motivation of female and malebusinessManagers .

To grow and prosper in thehighly-competitive economy ofthe twenty-first century, Hong

Kong organizations need theactive involvement of allemployees, both men andwomen in their managerialranks.

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The End

Irrespective of Gender be a Good Manager & then

A good motivator