Cognitive mechanisms mediating the biasing effects of leader sex on ratings of leader behavior |
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| Authors: | Dobbins Gregory H Stuart Cecile Pence Earl C Sgro Joseph A |
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| Institution: | (1) Louisiana State University, USA;(2) Present address: the Army Research Institute for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, USA;(3) Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061 Blackburg, Virginia |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the effects of the sex of the leader, the sex of the rater, and the temporal position of leader performance information on ratings of leader behavior. Male and female subjects listened to an audiotape of a male or female leader and then rated the leader's initiating structure and consideration behaviors. The position of the leader performance information was manipulated by describing the leader as  successful before or after raters listened to the audiotape or not presenting raters with the performance information. Analyses indicated that the sex of the leader and/or sex of the rater biased ratings of initiating structure when the performance information was presented after the audiotape and when no leader performance information was presented. Consideration ratings were affected only by the position of the leader performance information. The results are interpreted within a cognitive/implicit sex theory framework. Implications for leadership research are also discussed.Portions of the data analyzed in this study were collected by the second author as part of a master's thesis directed by Joseph A. Sgro. |
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