This paper explores the experiences of women in Saudi Arabia who have been managed by other women, and examines how junior women perceive senior women's role in advancing their career.,The paper is based on qualitative data gathered using in-depth semi-structured interviews undertaken with 30 women working in Saudi public organisations.,This study's findings shows that the hierarchical relationships between women and their woman manager are complex due to a multifaceted web of contextual factors including sociocultural values, family values, religious beliefs and organisational cultures and structures. These factors shape the quality of relationships between senior women and their women subordinates. Also, this study reveals that there is solidarity and ‘sisterly’ relationship between women in the workplace that plays a role in facilitating women's career development and advancement. In addition, this study shows that despite senior women's having supported other women's career advancement, this support tended to be conditional and limited. This can have an influence on women-to-women work relationships, where such relationships can be described as being disconnected and fragile. Furthermore, the study depict that there is evidence of the existence of ‘Queen Bee’-like senior women who distance themselves from other women and block their career advancement. The Queen Bee phenomena can actually become a form of hierarchy that mimics the patriarchal structure and excludes women from serving at top management levels.,This paper provides an in-depth understanding of the hierarchical relationships between women in the workplace and how these relationships have an influence on women's career advancement. Therefore, the paper makes a valuable contribution to the scarce knowledge that currently exists within the field of management research in relation to women's career development – and the advancement of such research within the Arab Middle Eastern context. Also, the findings of this study could potentially inform practitioners and HR department personnel within organisations about the connections between women's hierarchical workplace relationships and women's career development and advancement.

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妇女管理妇女：等级关系和职业影响

本文探讨了沙特阿拉伯妇女在其他妇女的管理下的经历，并研究了年轻妇女如何看待高级妇女在促进职业发展中的作用。本文基于使用深入的半结构化访谈收集的定性数据这项研究的结果表明，由于女性与女性管理者之间的等级关系十分复杂，这是由多种因素构成的，包括社会文化价值观，家庭价值观，宗教信仰以及组织文化和结构在内的各种背景因素网络，该研究结果表明，女性与其女性经理之间的等级关系十分复杂。这些因素影响着高级妇女与其下属之间的关系质量。也，这项研究表明，工作场所中的妇女之间存在着团结和“姐妹”关系，在促进妇女的职业发展和进步中发挥了作用。此外，这项研究表明，尽管高级妇女已经支持了其他妇女的职业发展，但这种支持往往是有条件的和有限的。这可能对男女工作关系产生影响，在这种关系中，这种关系可以说是脱节而脆弱的。此外，研究表明，有证据表明存在“女王蜂”式的高级女性，他们与其他女性保持距离并阻碍了她们的职业发展。皇后蜂现象实际上可以成为模仿父权制结构的等级制形式，并使女性无法担任高层管理人员。本文深入了解了职场女性之间的等级关系，以及这些关系如何影响女性的职业发展。因此，本文对与女性职业发展相关的管理研究领域中当前存在的稀缺知识以及阿拉伯中东地区此类研究的发展做出了宝贵的贡献。此外，这项研究的发现还可能使组织内的从业人员和人力资源部门人员了解女性的等级化工作场所关系与女性职业发展和进步之间的联系。的职业发展。因此，本文对与女性职业发展相关的管理研究领域中当前存在的稀缺知识以及阿拉伯中东地区此类研究的发展做出了宝贵的贡献。此外，这项研究的发现还可能使组织内的从业人员和人力资源部门人员了解女性的等级化工作场所关系与女性职业发展和进步之间的联系。的职业发展。因此，本文对与女性职业发展相关的管理研究领域中目前存在的稀缺知识以及阿拉伯中东地区此类研究的发展做出了宝贵的贡献。此外，这项研究的发现还可能使组织内的从业人员和人力资源部门人员了解女性的等级化工作场所关系与女性职业发展和进步之间的联系。