European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday March 8, 1989 women Bosses discussed at seminar b de Edee Arron con Doke Bureau Kaiserslautern Cwm Germany clinging perceptions of women Bosses As either barracudas or helpless wimps continue to haunt the work place in the 1980s, panellists at a seminar on women supervisors said tuesday. Women still prefer to work for men according to panellists and audience members in he two hour discussion in the belief that women subordinates must compete with allegedly Power hungry female Bosses for status.1 most agreed women tend to be More manipulative As a result of social raining from their earliest years. Traditionally women have been More difficult l o work with said Joanne Wolf an american psychotherapist in private practice in the Village of rate ctn women have never had women management role models. And women arc taught o play with dolls. Be passive. Not Mike the program women supervisors would you work for one was sponsored by the Kaiser Statem army Community Federal women s program in conjunction with women s history month and Federal women s week. In addition to Wolc panellists included maj. Ruth Sci Chart of the 21st theater army area come her husband Don Richert alcohol and drug control offi cer with the kaisers Lauvern military Community and Jeri Roser a sales manager for Hitachi corp. Wolf said women supervisors often fall into four raps in their management styles. One trap is seeking out an office buddy to support them. Others play up a Motherly image or their helpless Ness. Still others assume overbearing us train masculine Behaviours. Wolf said at tempting to imitate How they perceive male supervisors act. She advised women to develop i hair own management styles. The most successful women Wolf knew have conic
