Women as Managers Scale – WAMS

It is less desirable for women than men to have a job that requires responsibility.

Women have the objectivity required to evaluate business situations properly.

Challenging work is more important to men than it is to women.

Men and women should be given equal opportunity for participation in management training programs.

Women have the capability to acquire the necessary skills to be successful managers.

On the average, women managers are less capable of contributing to an organization’s overall goals than are men.

It is not acceptable for women to assume leadership roles as often as men.

The business community should someday accept women in key managerial positions.

Society should regard work by female managers as valuable as work by male managers.

It is acceptable for women to compete with men for top executive positions.

The possibility of pregnancy does not make women less desirable employees than men.

Women would no more allow their emotions to influence their managerial behavior than would men.

Problems associated with menstruation should not make women less desirable than men as employees.

To be a successful executive, a woman does not have to sacrifice some of her femininity.

On the average, a woman who stays at home all the time with her children is a better mother than a woman who works outside the home at least half time.

Women are less capable of learning mathematical and mechanical skills than are men.

Women are not ambitious enough to be successful in the business world.

Women cannot be assertive in business situations that demand it.

Women possess the self-confidence required of a good leader.

Women are not competitive enough to be successful in the business world.

Women cannot be aggressive in business situations that demand it.