ABSTRACT
Women are underrepresented in managerial ranks in Australia, although they have increased in managerial, professional, and administrative occupations from 11.23 percent in 1975 to 17.67 percent in 1985 and 25.09 percent by 1991 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 1986, 1991). International evidence on men and women managers (for example, Davidson and Cooper 1987) has found that men and women differ on factors thought important to hierarchical advancement in organizations. Differences have been found in work and home environments, work-relevant experiences, early backgrounds, and personal dispositions. Identification of such differences between men and women managers assists in understanding why women are underrepresented in management and, hence, in the formulation of strategies to redress their underrepresentation.
