Women in Multinational Corporations: Old Myths, New Constructions and Some Deconstruction
质疑了女性在国际管理岗位中缺席是由于缺乏特定能力的观点,通过重新分析数据,指出理解女性在跨国管理中的优劣势需要结合第一世界与第三世界的政治经济结构。
When compared with domestic business operations, multinational corporations include fewer women at managerial levels in their foreign subsidiaries. Debates have ensued regarding whether women's absences from these positions are due to lack of the particular managerial abilities required for international assignments. In this article we argue that too much has been assumed about the sociopsychological requirements for international management, both for men and women. Through critical re-analyses of data from a previous study we contend that understanding `women's advantages/disadvantages' in international management requires understanding women's structural positions in the First World-Third World political economy.