Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285861982
Author: Richard L. Daft
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 1DQ
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To determine: If you have ever experienced or witnessed the queen bee syndrome and specific strategies that might be used by the top executives to avoid the queen bee syndrome among female managers. Also, to determine if you think that men might employ some of the same tactics
as ‘queen bee’ and are simply not scrutinized as women are.
Concept Introduction: The Queen Bee Syndrome- This kind of syndrome tends to appear when there is a woman at some senior position who becomes more critical about her junior or subordinate females. This syndrome is mostly developed by women as defense mechanism against gender bias at their workplace.
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