A COMMENT ON THE DIMENSIONALITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE WOMEN AS MANAGER SCALE (WAMS).

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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 Garland and Price (1977), Terborg and Ilgen (1975), Cohen and Leavengood (1978), and Stevens and DeNisi (1980). 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.

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