Abstract

LUPANO PERUGINI, María Laura  and  CASTRO SOLANO, Alejandro. IMPLICIT LEADERSHIP THEORIES ABOUT MASCULINE AND FEMININE LEADERSHIP ACCORDING WORK CONTEXT. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.2, pp.139-150. ISSN 1688-4221.

Research was conducted to find if exist differences in implicit leadership theories (ILTs) about masculine and feminine leadership according work context (enterprise, academic and political). Besides, we look for differences in feminine ILTs according work context, and sex of the participant. Participate 441 adults (50,3% male; 49,7% female). The data collection was realized by a survey designed ad-hoc, in which the participants were requested to describe a male/ female leader according work context. The obtained results do not evidence differences in masculine and feminine ILTs according work context, but show differences in ILTs considered globally. Besides we found differences in feminine ILTs according work context, and sex of the participant

Keywords : leadership; implicit theories; gender; context.

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