WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT: PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF MANAGERS

The paper explores the perceptions and attitudes of managers (women and men) with regard to women and their suitability for managerial positions. In spite of the prevalence of stereotyped perceptions about women, there was a widespread agreement that women have the leadership potential on account of greater empathy, sensitivity, etc. With suitable adjustments made by women themselves, their male counterparts, the organisations where they work and the society at large (including their families), their upward movement career ladder would get facilitated.