Mothering and Managing: A New Narrative

Women have both uterus and brain. That is why women only give birth a child and become a mother. Mothering is the social practice of nurturing and caring for dependent children. Mothering thus is a process which entails a female role for mothers in society. Managing refers to becoming a boss- transition from individual contributor to managing others. It is thus a process of getting things done by an organization to achieve organizational goals. The paper attempts to explore and narrate the emerging relationship between mothering and managing from the perspective of mothers who are professional managers working in private and public sector. The paper examines whether mother-managers see managing as "male roles'.