Leadership Emergence: Do Males Always Dominate?

dc.contributor.authorRobson, Victoria E.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDonovan, John J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:34:19Zen
dc.date.adate2003-05-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:34:19Zen
dc.date.issued2003-04-04en
dc.date.rdate2004-05-05en
dc.date.sdate2003-04-23en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate leadership emergence in mixed sex groups. Prior research has demonstrated that females have difficulty emerging as leaders in mixed sex groups. Thirty mix sex groups (two males, one female, and one female confederate) were asked to participate in a small group activity and then completed a series of scales to assess leadership emergence and inferred leadership traits. It was found that a female confederate exhibiting behaviors consistent with females high in intelligence, dominance, and self-efficacy emerged as the leader more frequently than males low in either one or two of those same three traits. In addition, the female confederate was seen as possessing more leadership traits than males low in either one or two of those traits. Implications for these results are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04232003-103507en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04232003-103507/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42184en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRobson_Vita_03.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartvrthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLeadership Emergenceen
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.titleLeadership Emergence: Do Males Always Dominate?en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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