SUCCESSFUL FEMALE CORPORATE MANAGERS AND ENTREPRENEURS - SIMILARITIESAND DIFFERENCES

Research was conducted comparing personality, sex role, and demographi c profiles with data from in-depth interviews of successful profession al women in entrepreneurial and corporate work settings. Results demon strate significant differences on measures of trust and level of contr ol, with managers scoring as more trusting and requiring lower levels of control than entrepreneurs, who seek to define their own work envir onments and parameters. Although managers view corporate environments as safe and supportive, entrepreneurs consider them confining. The thr ust of this exploratory study is unique in that it compares and contra sts characteristics of high-achieving women in these two distinct, yet complementary, nontraditional arenas.