A Comment on the Dimensionality and Reliability of the Women As Manager Scale (Wams)

Abstract

The Women as Managers Scale (WAMS), reported to be a measure of stereotypic attitudes toward women in management, has appeared in recent literature as both an independent and a dependent variable. Examples include , , , and . The purpose of this paper is to call attention to recent evidence indicating the possibility of differential subgroup reliability and dimensionality for the WAMS. This study was considered a routine prelude to a much more complete study of worker attitudes toward women. The following results have caused the authors to reassess the use of the WAMS for the study and subject sample.