Leader gender stereotypes and transformational leadership
Abstract
This document presents a research on leader gender stereotypes and transformational leadership: Does leader sex make the difference? This research aims to understand how leaders’ self-perception of their gender role identity, described as agentic or communal, influences their followers’ perception of transformational leadership. The results of multilevel structural equation modeling suggest that female leaders who self-describe as highly communal are perceived by followers as more transformational than male leaders. Contrary to hypothesis, the results reveal an unexpected positive relationship between women’s agentic attributes and follower perceptions of transformational leadership. The findings develop role congruity theory by demonstrating the influence
of gendered stereotypes not only for female but also male leaders.
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CAWTAR
| 2019-09-10 08:15:07
Document Type
Studies
Source
HAL archives-ouvertes.fr
Keywords :
Women and leadership //Gender// Transformational leadership// Leader gender//Gender role theory//Role congruity theory//Gender stereotype// Multilevel structural equation modeling.