Are women better at organisational learning? An SME perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID19447726
AuthorsLynn Martins (0000-0002-3608-1434, Birmingham City University, corresponding author), Lynn Martin (0000-0003-3962-389X)
Year2001
Volume16
Issue6
Pages287-297
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen in Management Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-9425 • E-ISSN: 1758-7182
PublisherEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/eum0000000005819
OpenAlexW2049083353
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

The study compared male and female owned and managed SMEs and the impact of gender on the organisational learning taking place in these firms. This explores how the learning process is managed and developed, which staff are drawn into the process and how the organisational memory is developed within female and male run organisations. The managers described their own management style and these views were compared with those of their staff. In the process, patterns of internal communication were identified within female managed firms which aid organisational learning; which were not found within male‐run firms. As a result it is argued that communication needed for organisational learning is facilitated by female management processes even when the women involved have adopted ’‘male” management role models due to pressures within their business sector, while external links and networking need to be developed to aid success in these organisations

Business · Economics · Knowledge management · Learning organization · Management · Management styles · Political science · Public relations · Corporate Finance and Governance · Family Business Performance and Succession · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Marketing

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