Leadership perceptions of men and women: a leadership categorization view

This study investigated the leadership perceptions of males and females from a leadership categorization (Lord, Foti, & Phillips, 1982) perspective. Subjects read vignettes of male and female student leaders which differed in terms of prototypicality of exhibited leader behaviors. Various measures were administered to assess leadership perceptions. Results showed that prototypicality of behavior accounted for general leadership impressions, while gender of the target accounted for accuracy on a recognition of behaviors measure. Subjects showed both a tendency to process information veridically and to use categorization principles. These results are discussed in terms of conditions that might emphasize gender as the basis for categorization and subsequent leadership perceptions (i.e., task complexity). It is these latter situations in which stereotypes about female leaders will be detrimental.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Department dc:contributor.department

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• Norris, Dwayne G.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-06162009-063014

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43310