Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa

According to the Implicit Leadership Theory, leadership roles are assigned in the process of social construction and depend upon the level of congruence with the cognitive representation of a leader. Previous studies show that this cognitive representation is much more likely to involve a leader bei...

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Main Author: Anna O. Kuźmińska
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Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2022-01-01
Series:Studia i Materiały
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Online Access:https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/sim/vol2021/iss2/2/
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description According to the Implicit Leadership Theory, leadership roles are assigned in the process of social construction and depend upon the level of congruence with the cognitive representation of a leader. Previous studies show that this cognitive representation is much more likely to involve a leader being a male rather than a female. The article presents the results of an experiment aimed at tentatively verifying whether the use of the feminine forms could increase the cognitive availability of the representation of a woman as a leader. In the experiment, 135 teams (N = 307 respondents) were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: 1) generic instruction (without the use of feminatives, “Please, draw a leader”), 2) inclusive instruction (using feminatives, “Please, draw a leader/leaderess”). The results showed a significant interaction between the experimental manipulation and the proportion of women in the team. The use of feminine forms increased the percentage of females drawn as leaders only in teams with a high female-to-male ratio.
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spelling doaj-art-cae6e3ac07b34be2bd2a754d1cdf1c212025-08-20T02:05:08ZengUniversity of WarsawStudia i Materiały1733-97582022-01-0120212173110.7172/1733-9758.2021.35.2Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwaAnna O. Kuźmińska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6060-4549Wydział Zarządzania, Uniwersytet Warszawski, PolskaAccording to the Implicit Leadership Theory, leadership roles are assigned in the process of social construction and depend upon the level of congruence with the cognitive representation of a leader. Previous studies show that this cognitive representation is much more likely to involve a leader being a male rather than a female. The article presents the results of an experiment aimed at tentatively verifying whether the use of the feminine forms could increase the cognitive availability of the representation of a woman as a leader. In the experiment, 135 teams (N = 307 respondents) were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions: 1) generic instruction (without the use of feminatives, “Please, draw a leader”), 2) inclusive instruction (using feminatives, “Please, draw a leader/leaderess”). The results showed a significant interaction between the experimental manipulation and the proportion of women in the team. The use of feminine forms increased the percentage of females drawn as leaders only in teams with a high female-to-male ratio.https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/sim/vol2021/iss2/2/feminativesimplicit leadership theoriesleadershipthink manager—think male
spellingShingle Anna O. Kuźmińska
Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
Studia i Materiały
feminatives
implicit leadership theories
leadership
think manager—think male
title Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
title_full Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
title_fullStr Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
title_full_unstemmed Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
title_short Lider czy liderka? Konsekwencje stosowania feminatywów dla postrzegania przywództwa
title_sort lider czy liderka konsekwencje stosowania feminatywow dla postrzegania przywodztwa
topic feminatives
implicit leadership theories
leadership
think manager—think male
url https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/sim/vol2021/iss2/2/
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