Effects of leaders' and evaluators' sex on sex-role stereotyping of charismatic leaders.
This study extends research on sex and leadership by examining the relation between evaluators' and leaders' sex and the sex-role stereotyping of charismatic leaders. A total of 219 students (110 men and 109 women) from a large northeastern university rated charismatic leaders depicted in vignettes using the revised Bem Sex-Role Inventory: overall, the leaders were rated higher on masculinity than femininity. Analysis by sex of evaluator and leader showed masculinity was higher in all cases except when male charismatic leaders were evaluated by women. In this case, the results support an androgynous view, i.e., high on both masculinity and femininity.
Grinnell
James P
JP
Girard School of Business and International Commerce, Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845, USA. James.Grinnell@merrimack.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology