Jul 2, 2011 -- 2:25AM, CharikIeia wrote:

The psychology? The relation between female management representation and governance style and organisation behavior? As far as I know, there is quite solid scientific evidence for all this.

I have to back up Chari on this one. While gender psychology evidence tends to suggest rather than prove, it tends to suggest that management by men tends to seek immediate returns while female management tends to seek medium-to-long term returns. Now, that's very, very generalised and there are any number of exceptions but it's generally the case. In the same general terms, men and women tend to have different management styles. I'm going to use slang here because it's easier to understand but men tend toward the drill sergeant style while women tend toward the den mother style (again, there are plenty of exceptions, we're talking generalities here). The different genders are even prone to different faults in their management style (men are prone to being unappreciative, women are prone to "busywork").

Now, gender psychology isn't my area so Chari (and KWinters, when she's around) might well be better read than I am in this area.

Gender bean counting is a very promising step towards its cure, as I outlined.

I emphasise the "A" so that no-one gets the impression that this is all that needs doing.

Jul 2, 2011 -- 5:34AM, CharikIeia wrote:

The same for Kristi / KWinters, she's much more knowledgeable than I am - she's a political sociologist in the UK, isn't she?

IIRC, that's the right field but she's back in the States right now. We chat on FB every so often and this stuff comes up occasionally.