Gender and Leadership
Match each characteristic with its associated part of the leadership labyrinth. work experience: Negotiation techniques: Stereotyped expectations:
- human capitol - gender differences - prejudice
What is a strength of gender-focused leadership research?
acknowledges power division
Which is an example of homosocial reproduction?
adding more similar people
Diversifying leadership and having equity in maternity and paternity leave is an example of ___.
an organizational level of promoting leadership effectiveness
Traditional leadership was ______ before evolving into more transformational styles.
autocratic
The glass ceiling refers to women's difficulty in ______.
being promoted
Overt gender discrimination is ______ in the workplace.
decreasing
Which is a characteristic action of the interpersonal level of promoting leadership effectiveness?
decreasing gender stereotypes
Based on a study by Eagly, research shows that women's styles of leadership tend to be more ______ than men's.
democratic
Which is a characteristic action of the societal level of promoting leadership effectiveness?
domestic gender equity
Which area of gender leadership lacks empirical research?
domestic responsibilities
Which is an example of human capital?
education
Which action is an organizational-level promotion of leadership effectiveness?
equal parental leave
true or false: A criticism of the leadership labyrinth model is that it is limited to one level.
false
true or false: Research on gender and leadership can be generalized to other gender issues.
false
true or false: Research on gender and leadership is cross-culturally relevant.
false
true or false: There is a strong amount of empirical research on minority leadership.
false
true or false: When an organization is financially compromised, they are more likely to appoint a male as the problem-solving leader.
false
Which form of support of women in leadership occurs at the societal level?
fathers taking on more parenting duties
Which term applies to males in the workplace?
glass escalator
An employee's educational background is a type of ______.
human capital
Gender leadership disparities in the workplace are ______.
improving
The presence of women in leadership positions is ______.
increasing
Using an effective leadership style occurs at the ______ level of promoting leadership effectiveness.
individual
Drs. Defrank Cole and Tan discuss how both men and women are equally effective in leadership roles even though gender roles and norms in society shape how people view men and women leaders differently. This decreasing of gender stereotypes represents which level of promoting leader effectiveness?
interpersonal level
Male leaders were observed to be stronger than female leaders in ______.
negotiating
Diversifying leadership occurs at the ______ level of promoting leadership effectiveness.
organizational
HELM's goal of challenging their clients to diversify their staff addresses which level of promoting leadership effectiveness?
organizational
Gender biases are normally expressed ______.
passively
Women in corporate and political leadership roles are generally much less ______ than men.
represented
The term gender refers to ______.
social assignment
Equal responsibility of childcare is an example of what level of promoting leadership effectiveness?
societal
What does it mean that gender is socially constructed?
societies historically have assigned roles, identities, and expectations to men and women
The glass cliff is relevant when a woman is appointed to a board that is ______.
struggling
What is a common stereotypical trait of women?
supportive
According to research, one of the ways women differ from men in their leadership style is that women ______.
tend to use the transformational approach more often than men
What is the reason why women have historically had slightly less work experience than men?
time spent on child care responsibilities
Women are more likely to demonstrate characteristics of the ______ leadership style than their male counterparts.
transformational
true or false: According to Eagly et al. (1995), men are stronger leaders in the military.
true
true or false: Changes needed to overcome gender biases in the workplace can only occur when we are aware of them.
true
true or false: Contemporary approaches to effective leadership are more androgynous in style.
true
true or false: Gender discrimination is usually subtle.
true
true or false: Recent research has indicated that heroes are viewed as more androgynous than regular leaders.
true
true or false: The category of gender and leadership issues can be thought of as part of the bigger category of leadership and diversity issues.
true
true or false: The contemporary gender leadership approaches are direct in nature.
true
true or false: The distribution of domestic responsibilities is important to the proportion of women in leadership.
true
true or false: The glass ceiling is applicable in female-dominated places of businesses.
true
true or false: The majority of research on gender and leadership has taken place in Western cultures.
true
true or false: The number of women in leadership is increasing.
true
Which is a characteristic action of the individual level of promoting leadership effectiveness?
using an effective leadership style
