Effects of sex and seating arrangement on selection of leader.
Effects of a person's sex and seating arrangement were tested with 310 participants (151 men and 159 women; M age=20.0, SD=3.3) from a large southwestern U.S. university who were asked to select a leader from among five persons depicted around a rectangular table. Participants chose a person shown seated at the head of the table as the leader of a group, regardless of that person's sex. This conflicts with prior research indicating gender bias against women as leaders.
Jackson
Danielle
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
Engstrom
Erika
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Hassenzahl
David M
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D000328:Adult; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D013561:Symbolism