Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.
Evidence from varied research paradigms substantiates that consequences of perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles are more difficult for women to become leaders and to achieve success in leadership roles.
Sex differences in social behavior : a social-role interpretation
- A. Eagly
- Psychology, Biology
- 1987
Contents: The Analysis of Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A New Theory and a New Method. Sex Differences in Helping Behavior. Sex Differences in Aggressive Behavior. Sex Differences in Other…
The psychology of attitudes.
- A. Eagly, S. Chaiken
- Psychology
- 2 January 1993
This is the only truly comprehensive advanced level textbook in the past 20 years designed for courses in the pscyhology of attitudes and related studies in attitude measurement, social cognition.…
Female Leadership Advantage and Disadvantage: Resolving the Contradictions
- A. Eagly
- Psychology
- 1 March 2007
In the United States, women are increasingly praised for having excellent skills for leadership and, in fact, women, more than men, manifest leadership styles associated with effective performance as…
Through the labyrinth: The truth about how women become leaders.
- A. Eagly, Linda L. Carli
- Sociology
- 2007
Despite real progress, women remain rare enough in elite positions of power that their presence still evokes a sense of wonder. In Through the Labyrinth, Alice Eagly and Linda Carli examine why…
Gender and Leadership Style: A Meta-Analysis
- A. Eagly, Blair T. Johnson
- Psychology
- 1 September 1990
Research comparing the leadership styles of women and men is reviewed, and evidence is found for both the presence and the absence of differences between the sexes. In contrast to the…
Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: a meta-analysis comparing women and men.
- A. Eagly, Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt, M. V. van Engen
- PsychologyPsychological bulletin
- 1 July 2003
A meta-analysis of 45 studies of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles found that female leaders were more transformational than male leaders and also engaged in more…
Heuristic and systematic information processing within and beyond the persuasion context.
- S. Chaiken, A. Liberman, A. Eagly
- Psychology
- 1989
The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence
- A. Eagly, Linda L. Carli
- Economics
- 1 December 2003
The origins of sex differences in human behavior: Evolved dispositions versus social roles
The present article contrasts these 2 origin theories of sex differences and illustrates the explanatory power of each to account for the overall differences between the mate selection preferences of men and women.
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