Ziguang Chen , Norihiko Takeuchi & Mitsuru Wakabayashi

Abstract

Past studies have demonstrated that a supportive work environment can positively influence managerial skill utilization. Adopting the instrumentality-expressiveness perspective, the present study extended the past research by illustrating the moderating effect of gender on this relationship. It found that the relationship between the work environment and managerial skill utilization is stronger among female managers than among male managers and further, that this interactive effect is more pronounced in a low incentive situation than in a high incentive situation in terms of reaching a high level of training performance. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.

Keywords: Managerial skill utilization; instrumentality-expressiveness perspective; work environment; gender; training incentive.

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190500083301