Leadership perceptions of men and women: a leadership categorization view

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNorris, Dwayne G.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial/Organizational Psychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:38:31Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:38:31Zen
dc.date.issued1992en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-16en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-16en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentv, 87 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06162009-063014en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06162009-063014/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43310en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.N675.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28646144en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.N675en
dc.subject.lcshExecutives -- Rating ofen
dc.subject.lcshLeadership -- Evaluationen
dc.subject.lcshSex differences (Psychology)en
dc.titleLeadership perceptions of men and women: a leadership categorization viewen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial/Organizational Psychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
LD5655.V855_1992.N675.pdf
Size:
4.28 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

Collections

Masters Theses