Gender Stereotyping of the Managerial Role among Students in Canada and the United States

Abstract

Previous studies cite sex role stereotyping as a potential cause of discrimination and a barrier to women's movement into managerial ranks. This study explores the impact of mother's education and employment history on the pattern of sex role stereotyping by both male and female college and university students in Canada and the United States. No significant differences are found between national samples. Regardless of mother's background, male college students characterize the managerial job in distinctly masculine terms whereas female students do not.