WOMEN AND MEN AND POWER IN AN ORGANIZATION

The purpose of the article is the presentation of the problems of power in an organization from the perspective of gender. Data concerning access to recources (among others: salary, remuneration, pension, promotion, information), and the problem of the leadership of women and men in organization will be presented. Two investigations will be discusssed: (1) the investigation concerning the opinions of the men - subordinates of women - on leadership in an organization, and (2) the investigation of personal characteristics (femininity-masculinity, locus of control, social competences, professional burnout) of women and men differing in the extent of power possessed - superiors and subordinates -in one professional organization.