Gender Segregation in Managerial Positions

: The Case of a Japanese City A

Abstract

In 2022, 185 of the 1,058 managerial positions in the local governments of City A were occupied by women, and the proportion of women in all managerial positions was 17.5％. However, only 32 female managers were assigned to the main office where major decisions were made, accounting for only 17.3％ of all female management positions. This indicates that most female managers were assigned to professional positions or branch offices.

This study addresses the placement of female managers of City A from a gender perspective and analyzes whether the phenomenon of “women’s job” and “men’s job” has disappeared among all managerial jobs, and if not, how this division was created.

This study also shows that female managers of City A are generally placed away from “power” based on the hierarchy created by workplace practices and organizational culture even today, and that the above-mentioned phenomenon has not disappeared with the increase in the number of women managers.