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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"social role theory"”.
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Undervalued and unseen : a multiple case study exploring the underrepresentation of African American women in Division I athletic director positions.
… The purpose of this study was to uncover how social role theory influenced the journey toward becoming and maintaining positions as Division I athletic directors for four African American women. I used a qualitative multiple case study to understand the experiences of the participants in …
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Sex and Gender Differences in Perceived and Actual Leadership Performance: Self- and Subordinate Views
… and perceived leader effectiveness. Gender role of participants was assessed using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). No sex or gender differences were found in objective leadership effectiveness. An unexpected finding was that male and female leaders perceived themselves accurately as …
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An Examination Of Aggressive Responding To Visual Feedback And Physical Provocation
… Results are discussed within the context of Social Role Theory and the impact of gender role on gender differences in aggression.</p>
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Gender differences in agency and communion: A meta-analysis
… of these gender differences are. Leveraging social role theory (Eagly, 1987; Wood & Eagly, 2012), the current meta-analysis estimated that men tended to be more agentic than women (g = .40, k = 767 samples, N = 206,955 participants), while women tended to be more communal than men (g = -.58, …
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Exploring the Effects of Guilt, Spousal Support, and Role Conflict on the Psychological Well-Being of the Educated Full-Time Stay-at-Home Mother
… the effect of guilt, degree of spousal support, role conflict, and decreased psychological well-being experienced by educated stay at home mothers with young children. Social role theory is utilized as a basis for the development of a theoretical model. Relevant research literature does not …
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A mixed methods exploration of the gendered perspectives of female sports coaches
… in sport. It has advanced the literature on Social Role Theory to the context of sport. The main findings of this research are: (a) female coaches are rated higher than male coaches for relationship quality and empathy when in an emotional scenario, (b) female coaches perceived to be …
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Helping Out or Acting Out? A Moderated Mediation Model of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
… helping behaviors at work, OCB; Organ, 1988), as social role theory (Eagly, 1987) suggests that the gendered roles individuals are socialized to fulfill (e.g., women as caretakers, men as breadwinners; Parson & Bales, 1955) will likely yield gender differences in helping behaviors. OCB are …
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Impact of Lawyer Sex, and Lawyer and Defendant Use of Polite Language on Observer’s Perception of the Lawyer’s Job Performance and Credibility, and Verdict Outcome
Sex-role stereotypes set expectations for the behavior of men and women both in everyday life and in the workplace. In general, men tend to be expected to be more agentic, while women are expected to be more communal. Social Role Theory (Eagly, 1987) posits that the reason these traits are …
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Men As Fathers: A Content Analysis of Father's Day Advertisements
… to adhere to the typical masculine gender role. These predictions included that the advertisements would be geared towards dad’s personal life (work and play) rather than his family life, would depict men as being strong and tough, hardworking, and breadwinners, and finally, would depict …
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"Ice queens" and "snow studs": gender stereotypes and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
… were analyzed with the guidance of gender schema theory and social role theory. The content analysis revealed multiple gender cues in amount of televised coverage, camera angles, camera shots, and commentary. Survey results mirror these gender cues; the Winter Olympic sports are sex-typed …
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Decoding Leadership Signals: Intersectional Perceptions of Agency, Communion, and Transformational Leadership Behaviors
… across leader race and gender by examining the social signals these behaviors convey. Specifically, the studies explore whether TLBs are interpreted as agentic or communal signals, and whether these interpretations confer a leadership advantage or disadvantage for women and racial minorities …
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Do Early Promotion and Tenure Processes and Outcomes Differ for Women Faculty Members?
… empirical evidence is scant. In the context of social role theory, we examined whether gendered (i.e., reflecting gender stereotypes) evaluations disadvantage women seeking promotion to associate professor early within academic P&T processes using data from 5,012 external review letters (ERLs) …
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Leadership Effectiveness: Investigating the Influences of Leader Sex, Gender, and Behaviors on Self and Other Perceptions
… placed into upper level management positions. Social role and role congruity theory both posit that women in leadership positions are likely to face more negative criticism than men in leadership positions. The purpose of the current study was to examine the influence of gender roles on leader …
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Do Early Promotion and Tenure Processes and Outcomes Differ for Women Faculty Members?
… empirical evidence is scant. In the context of social role theory, we examined whether gendered (i.e., reflecting gender stereotypes) evaluations disadvantage women seeking promotion to associate professor early within academic P&T processes using data from 5,012 external review letters (ERLs) …
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Perceptions of gender norm stereotypes and the decision to report military sexual trauma : a multiple case study of enlisted Army National Guard service members.
… to report incidents of MST through the lens of social role theory (Eagly & Wood, 2012). I purposefully selected the four participants in this study using specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. I recruited participants first through a recruiting email and a questionnaire. From the …
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The victim role: an exploration into descriptions and evaluations of victims
… theorize that legitimate occupants of the victim role possess characteristics which make them worthy of sympathy. However, this hypothesis is untested. Social contract theory posits that people are suspicious of social exchanges; claims to the victim role activate a social contract that requires …
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Behind the Stripes: An Exploration of Female Football Officials' Experiences
… was based on the feminist perspective along with social role theory (Eagly, 1997). A case study methodology was used with eight purposeful and criterion selected participants. In-depth interviews were conducted with each participant and served as the primary source of data collection. Data was …
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A NARRATIVE CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE EXPEREINCES OF MEN TEACHING SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES
… in the elementary grades. The study utilized social role theory (Eagly, 1987), and Stead’s (2014) social constructionist theory as well as Williams’ (1992) glass escalator proposition The findings of this study confirm some of the factors related to career choice, experiences and barriers …
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Eudaimonic career identities – Finnish executive women’s career navigation at the top management level
… the share of women in executive business roles has remained at less than 20%. This thesis examines the career identities of executive women in business-related roles in large companies in Finland. A model of eudaimonic career identities was built to understand the enablers of executive …
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A Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of Males and Females Who Select Nursing as a Profession
… The theoretical framework of the study was social role theory. The respondents were primarily caucasian, Catholic, married with children, and averaged an age of 41.8 years. They had been in nursing 14.2 years and their most recent nursing position was staff nurse. An analysis of the data …
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