The male effect refers to the effect of the introduction of the male on the oestrus cycle of the seasonally anoestrus female. This effect is a neuro-hormonal response that is utilised by flock managers to improve the ovulation rate in females and shorten the breeding season. The introduction of males to the female flock will elicit this response but the use of vasectomised males is a common pra...

Using archival organizational data, the authors examined relationships of gender and type of position (i.e., line or staff) to performance evaluations of 448 upper-level managers, and relationships of performance evaluations to promotions during the subsequent 2 years. Consistent with the idea that there is a greater perceived lack of fit between stereotypical attributes of women and requiremen...

the aim of the current research is to investigate relationship between domineering behavior of male and female teachers and rating of their performance and likeability by school managers. the sample consists of 79 school teachers and 79 school managers (including men and women). instruments used are wiggins(1995) interpersonal adjective scale, wayne & liden (1995) teachers performance assessmen...

Two experimental studies were conducted to measure the effects of contextual and situational factors on employees’ perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors toward female managers in traditionally male-oriented jobs. Study 1 manipulated the contexts (gender rarity and diversity justification) of female perceivers through the mediating effect of social identity, while Study 2 manipulated the context...

No study has explored the relationship among gender differences, human capital, and investment performance. This article is the first to answer the question, “Do female fund managers outperform male ones in fund performance given the same amount of human capital inputs?” Forty-two stock fund managers in Taiwan, 11 females and 31 males, were the subjects of this research. The research period for...

background: infertility is considered as a major health care problem of different communities. the high prevalence of this issue doubled its importance. a significant proportion of infertility have been related to environmental conditions and also acquired risk factors. different environmental conditions emphasized the need to study the different causes of infertility in each area. objective: t...