Buried Treasure: Contradictions in the Perception and Reality of Women's Leadership

The impact of gender on assessments of leadership performance and leadership potential was examined through two clusters of leadership behaviors, one set related to traditional constructions of leadership labeled directing others and another associated with contemporary constructions of leadership l...

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Autores principales: Hopkins, Margaret M., O'Neil, Deborah Anne, Bilimoria, Diana, Broadfoot, Alison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34122282
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684705
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description The impact of gender on assessments of leadership performance and leadership potential was examined through two clusters of leadership behaviors, one set related to traditional constructions of leadership labeled directing others and another associated with contemporary constructions of leadership labeled engaging others. Based on data collected from a sample of 91 senior leaders in one US financial services organization over a 3-year period prior to Covid-19, the results showed a negative relationship between directing others behaviors and leadership potential ratings for females and a positive relationship between these variables for males. A negative relationship between engaging others behaviors and performance assessments was also found for females. This study highlights the continuing bias in leadership assessments of women and explores the contradictions between the perception and the reality of women's leadership.
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spelling pubmed-81875842021-06-10 Buried Treasure: Contradictions in the Perception and Reality of Women's Leadership Hopkins, Margaret M. O'Neil, Deborah Anne Bilimoria, Diana Broadfoot, Alison Front Psychol Psychology The impact of gender on assessments of leadership performance and leadership potential was examined through two clusters of leadership behaviors, one set related to traditional constructions of leadership labeled directing others and another associated with contemporary constructions of leadership labeled engaging others. Based on data collected from a sample of 91 senior leaders in one US financial services organization over a 3-year period prior to Covid-19, the results showed a negative relationship between directing others behaviors and leadership potential ratings for females and a positive relationship between these variables for males. A negative relationship between engaging others behaviors and performance assessments was also found for females. This study highlights the continuing bias in leadership assessments of women and explores the contradictions between the perception and the reality of women's leadership. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8187584/ /pubmed/34122282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684705 Text en Copyright © 2021 Hopkins, O'Neil, Bilimoria and Broadfoot. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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