TITLE

THE EFFECTS OF GENDER AND CULTURE ON IMPLICIT LEADERSHIP THEORIES: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

AUTHOR(S)

PARIS, LORI D.

PUB. DATE

August 2004

SOURCE

Academy of Management Proceedings;2004, pB1

SOURCE TYPE

Conference Proceeding

DOC. TYPE

Proceeding

ABSTRACT

This study is a cross-cultural analysis of mid-level managers in 17 countries. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a country's culture as measured by Power distance or Gender egalitarianism moderates the relationship between gender and culturally endorsed implicit leadership theories (CLTs). The six CLT dimensions under investigation are participative, team-oriented, autonomous, self-protective, humane-oriented, and charisma/value-based leadership. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) is used to analyze the data and the findings indicate that although male and female managers rated the Participative leadership dimension as an important contributor to outstanding leadership, overall, female leaders rated Participation significantly higher than did their male counterparts. Gender Egalitarianism moderates the relationship between gender and Participative and Self-protective leadership dimensions. The level of Power Distance in a society moderates the relationship between Gender and the Team-oriented and Autonomous leadership dimensions. The level of Gender Egalitarianism and/or Power Distance moderated the Gender-CLT relationship in a number of instances and proved to be a more important predictor of the CLT dimension under study than was gender. The data set used was collected by researchers affiliated with Project GLOBE.

ACCESSION #

13863009

Tags: GENDER role in the work environment;  GENDER;  CORPORATE culture;  LEADERSHIP;  WORK environment;  EQUALITY;  INDUSTRIAL relations;  SOCIAL attitudes;  WOMEN executives;  ORGANIZATIONAL sociology

 

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