WOMEN IN MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS - OLD MYTHS, NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND SOME DECONSTRUCTION

When compared with domestic business operations, multinational corpora tions include fewer women at managerial levels in their foreign subsid iaries. Debates have ensued regarding whether women's absences from th ese positions are due to lack of the particular managerial abilities r equired for international assignments. In this article we argue that t oo much has been assumed about the sociopsychological requirements for international management, both for men and women. Through critical re -analyses of data from a previous study we contend that understanding 'women's advantages/disadvantages' in international management require s understanding women's structural positions in the First World-Third World political economy.