Previous studies found contradictory results on whether women benefit in terms of earnings from having a female manager. This mixed-method study draws on survey data from the Netherlands to determine whether female employees have higher wages if they work under a female manager and combines these with data from interviews with Dutch female managers to interpret and contextualize its findings. The survey data show that having a female manager does not affect the wages of female (or male) employees in the Netherlands. The interviews revealed different ways in which managers can improve outcomes for female employees and suggest several reasons as to why some female managers experience a lack of motivation to enhance female employees’ earnings. This detailed focus on mechanisms that underlie female managers position to act as ‘cogs in the machine’ emphasizes the importance of incorporating context and looking at outcomes other than earnings in future research.

以前的研究发现，女性是否从拥有女性经理的收入中受益，结果相互矛盾。这项混合方法研究利用荷兰的调查数据来确定如果女性员工在女性经理手下工作是否会获得更高的工资，并将这些数据与荷兰女性经理的访谈数据相结合，以解释其调查结果并将其置于情境中。调查数据显示，拥有女性经理并不影响荷兰女性（或男性）员工的工资。访谈揭示了管理者可以改善女性员工绩效的不同方式，并提出了一些女性管理者缺乏提高女性员工收入的动力的几个原因。