Mooney, S2012-02-212012-02-2120082008Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference 2008, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2008-12-02 - 2008-12-05186308 148 8https://hdl.handle.net/10292/3423This paper investigates what barriers are present for female managers in the organisational structure of Australian and New Zealand hotels that may delay their progress to senior management positions. Research was carried out in an international group represented by more than 30 hotels in two countries. The methodology included a survey of the hotel group‟s female supervisors and managers with 18 follow up interviews. One major issue that arose from the research was the absence of role models for women. Women managers found that the many women who have „made it to the top‟ were “childless superwomen” (Liff and Ward, 2001) and as such, unrealistic role models. These findings provide implications for hospitality management practice.[CD-ROM]NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in (see Citation). The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version)Gender and diversity in OrganisationsOrganisational BehaviourCritical Management StudiesInternational ManagementRole modelsWomen in ManagementHotel ManagementConference ContributionOpenAccess7895