Emergent Leadership and Female Sex-Role Identity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-1992
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The effects of female sex role identity on self- and rater evaluations of emergent leadership behavior were compared in two studies. We used the same consensus-seeking procedure in both studies to collect the data; only the biological sex composition of the groups in the second study was changed. Study 1 examined 15 mixed-sex groups of 39 female and 21 male students; Study 2 contained 96 female students in 22 same-sex groups. Sex role orientation was measured with the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI: Bem, 1974). Androgynous and feminine-oriented self-ratings of leadership were significantly higher than peer ratings and were also significantly higher than the undifferentiated self-ratings. The self-ratings of masculine-oriented women agreed most closely with peer ratings. Contrary to research and theory, peer evaluation of leadership behavior by sex role orientation did not differ.
Publication Title
Journal of Psychology
Volume
126
Issue
3
First Page
309
Last Page
316
Recommended Citation
Gurman, E. B.,
Long, K.
(1992). Emergent Leadership and Female Sex-Role Identity. Journal of Psychology, 126(3), 309-316.
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