Does gender bias against female leaders persist? Quantitative and qualitative data from a large-scale survey

SAGE Publications - Tập 64 Số 12 - Trang 1555-1578 - 2011
Kim M. Elsesser1, Janet Lever2
1University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2California State University, Los Angeles, USA,

Tóm tắt

The present study of 60,470 women and men examined evaluations of participants’ current managers as well as their preferences for male and female managers, in general. A cross-sex bias emerged in the ratings of one’s current boss, where men judged their female bosses more favorably and women judged male bosses more favorably. The quality of relationships between subordinates and managers were the same for competent male and female managers. A small majority (54%) of participants claimed to have no preference for the gender of their boss, but the remaining participants reported preferring male over female bosses by more than a 2:1 ratio. Qualitative analysis of the participants’ justifications for this preference are presented, and results are discussed within the framework of role congruity theory.

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