Kadın Astların Perspektifinden Kadın Yöneticiler: Hiyerarşik İlişkiler Bağlamında Nitel Bir Araştırma
Women Managers from the Perspective of Women Subordinates: A Qualitative Research in the Context of Hierarchical Relationships

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – It is stated in the literature that female and male employees do not generally prefer to work with female managers, and the reasons for this are based on both stereotypes regarding gender roles and facts such as Queen Bee Syndrome from a Social Identity Theory perspective. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions and attitudes of women employees about women managers and to discuss hierarchical relationships between women in the light of current approaches. Design/methodology/approach – With the inductive approach and phenomenological research design, a qualitative research was designed and 40 women employees from 20 different sectors were reached. The data obtained were subjected to Content Analysis through the MAXQDA 2020 Qualitative Data Analysis Program. Findings – One of the most important results of the research is that 38 percent of the participants prefer to work with a male manager, while 18 percent prefer to work with a female manager. 13 percent of the participants stated that their preferences will be determined by the character and managerial competence of the manager, not the gender factor. In addition, 45 percent of the participants stated that working with a female manager is a “nice, relaxing and reassuring feeling”, while 48 percent stated that it is a “bad, disturbed and irritating feeling.” An important issue that 78 percent of the participants mentioned 67 times in total is that they feel better understood by women managers because they are "women" and "mothers". Discussion – The results of the research show that, although this trend continues, women employees try to evaluate women managers with a more objective approach. However, it was determined that the participants' own negative experiences in this preference were determinative and they tried to evaluate the female managers in general with gender-independent factors.

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