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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813523303321

Autore

Zylla-Woellner Judith

Titolo

Quota for women in management positions? : an analysis of the implementation of the women's quota in Germany / / Judith Zylla-Woellner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-590-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Sex discrimination against women - Germany

Sex discrimination against women - Law and legislation - Germany

Equality - Germany

Women executives - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

QUOTA FOR WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS; List of Contents; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. Background & Cause for INTEREST; 1.3. RELEVANCE FOR GERMANY; 2. RESEARCH AIM AND OBJECTIVES; 2.1. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; 2.2. RESEARCH DESIGN; 2.3. LITERATURE REVIEW; 3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; 3.1. TRANSACTIONAL VERSUS TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; 3.2. CRITICAL ASPECTS; 3.3. ARE THERE COMMONALITIES OF FEMALE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES?; 3.4. IS THERE A TYPICAL FEMALE LEADERSHIP STYLE?; 3.5. BETTER LEADERSHIP THROUGH WOMEN?; 4. STATUS QUO IN GERMANY & DIFFICULTIES WOMEN ARE FACING

5. LEGAL AID CALLED WOMEN ́S QUOTA 5.1. WOMEN QUOTA - ONLY FIGHTING THE SYMPTOM?; 5.2. PROS & CONS OF WOMEN'S QUOTA; 5.3. ACCOMPANYING MEASURE FOR MORE WOMEN IN MANAGERIAL POSITIONS; 5.4. THE RIGHT WAY FOR GERMANY; 6. CRITICAL APPROACH; 6.1. FUTURE OUTLOOK & ADVANTAGES FOR COMPANIES; 6.2. SUMMARY; 7. Appendix II - List of Diagrams | Figures | Tables; 8. LITERATURE



Sommario/riassunto

In 1949 the German constitution set down the entitlement to equality for men and women in the Federal Republic of Germany in article 3. Until the late 1950's it was up to men to decide where to live and how to utilize families' assets. Women were not permitted to decide on their participation in the labour market but had the duty to administer the household and help their husbands. When Angela Merkel became chancellor of Germany in 2005, she was not only one of the most influential politicians in the world but also one of the few female leaders who managed to break through the glass ceiling