QUEEN BEE SYNDROME IN THE LIGHT OF SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY

Traditionally, female employees, struggling to fight in the business environment in the shadow of men, have begun to get a chance to rise to the upper echelons due to the changing circumstances and their own demanding natures. However, with this struggle, it has been seen that women are beginning to come to mind with amazing defense mechanisms aimed at protecting their position. This study will examine in details the causes and background of Queen Bee Syndrome, the tendency of female managers to stay away from and support the females in contemporary organizations. In the study, the theory of social identity was accepted as a framework in order to understand queen bee syndrome. It has been argued that female managers prefer to stay away other female coworkers sharing the social group with them and they avoid supporting them, to suppress the feelings of inadequacy and exclusion imposed by male workers because of their gender. Thus, it is evident that they are trying to awaken the perception that they are not ordinary members of the social group of their in group members, but an exception. The study is a conceptual assessment, and in the study, the queen bee syndrome is confined to the attitudes of female managers in the work environment to female subordinates