Journal of Administrative Sciences and Policy Studies

Women in Corporate Top Management Positions: A Renewed Revisit
J. R. Smith, Stacey Reynolds, Alisa L. Mosley

Abstract
A primary mailed survey technique was undertaken for this research study. A list of firms in the southern and western Region of the Russell 3000 firms in the United States Census was devised. Each of the firms publicly reported top five executives were reviewed to create a list of the management women. All executives qualified as women in the top five executive positions. This study explores two questions that might be influencing job satisfaction and ultimate intention to turnover among top management women. The study addressed two major questions. The first question inquires whether women in corporate American top management positions are considering leaving their current organizations due to a lack of person-environment fit. The findings support the existence of a negative relationship between overall person-environment fit and turnover intentions for top management women. Overall person-environment fit also influenced job satisfaction for the women in top management positions. The second question was to determine if these top corporate women were considering leaving their current organizations due to influence of high entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Study findings did not support the entrepreneurial self-efficacy impacting the turnover intentions of top management women directly or indirectly through moderation. Also, there was no significant difference in turnover intentions for high or low entrepreneurial self-efficacy top management women. Findings provide insight to corporations prior to turnover to help organizations intervene and keep their top talent embodied in top management women.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/jasps.v9n1-2a1