Lesson 13: Women and Leadership Flashcards
(T/F) Developing and promoting women leaders are in the best interest of employers.
True
(T/F) The research on female and male leadership has generally tended to focus on establishing differences between women and men.
True
(T/F) Meta-analysis shows that women are substantially more effective than men in middle-management positions.
True
(T/F) Women are stereotyped with agentic characteristics.
False
What ideas has the popular press reported about women and leadership?
Women were inferior to men when it came to leadership
Women lacked skills and traits necessary for management success
What did research on transformational leadership find?
Women tend to engage in more contingent reward behavior than men
Women’s styles tend to be more transformational than men’s
All four components of transformational leadership are positively related to leadership effectiveness
What did meta-analysis of female and male leaders on all characteristics and behaviors find?
Women were evaluated unfavorably when they used directive or autocratic styles.
Women were devalued when they work in male-dominated environments
Women were devalued when the evaluators were men.
Which of the following leadership traits or skills is more likely to belong to men than women?
None of the above.
(T/F) Studies have shown that men are less effective than women when they supervise a higher proportion of male subordinates.
False
What did meta-analysis comparing effectiveness of female and male leaders find?
Overall women and men were equally effective leaders
Women and men were more effective in leadership roles congruent with their gender
(T/F) When both genders use an autocratic, directive leadership style, females are evaluated differently than men.
True
(T/F) Women are less likely than men to negotiate for what they want.
True
(T/F) Research shows that male leaders tend to have better developed social skills than female leaders.
False
In the area of human capital differences, select all the options that describe women’s situation:
They confront greater barriers to establish mentor relationships
They occupy more than half of all management and professional positions.
They have fewer responsibilities in the same jobs as men.
(T/F) Research data suggests that the “glass ceiling” is beginning to crack.
True
