• DOI:10.1177/1046496402250429
• Corpus ID: 145054262

Leader Emergence And Gender Roles in All-Female Groups

@article{Gershenoff2003LeaderEA,
  title={Leader Emergence And Gender Roles in All-Female Groups},
  author={Amy Beth Gershenoff and Roseanne J. Foti},
  journal={Small Group Research},
  year={2003},
  volume={34},
  pages={170 - 196}
}

• A. B. Gershenoff, Roseanne J. Foti
• Published 1 April 2003
• Psychology
• Small Group Research

Research suggests that gender role, rather than sex, is associated with the perception of individuals as leaders. This study tests the effect of gender role and intelligence on leadership emergence by using a pattern approach and manipulating task type. Two hundred female undergraduate participants, categorized by their pattern of masculinity, femininity, and intelligence, were placed in groups of 4 members. Groups were randomly assigned to an initiating-structure or consensus-building task condition. In the initiating-structure task condition, both masculine-intelligent and androgynous-intelligent individuals emerged more than feminine-intelligent or mixed-pattern individuals. In the consensus-building task condition, feminine-intelligent individuals did not emerge as leaders more than masculine-intelligent or mixed-pattern individuals. However, partial support was found for the emergence of androgynous-intelligent individuals.