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Leader-Gender Stereotypes in Female Congenial Workplaces


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1 Departmnet of Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, Gujarat, India
     

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The present study is an attempt to study the attribution patterns of employees toward descriptions of leaders in a female congenial workplace. 100 preschool teachers employed at various playschools located in Vadodara city served as sample for the study. The sample respondents completed a questionnaire that comprised of preliminary information and the Indian Gender Role Identity Scale (IGRIS) by Basu (2010). The data thus generated was subjected to ascending means to find out the frequency with which adjectives were chosen from the Scale. The results revealed that a leader in a female congenial workplace is largely described with masculine adjectives and lesser with feminine adjectives.

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Stereotypes, Gender Congenial Workplaces, Female Leaders, Leader Stereotypes.
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Dhvani Patel
Departmnet of Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, Gujarat, India

Abstract


The present study is an attempt to study the attribution patterns of employees toward descriptions of leaders in a female congenial workplace. 100 preschool teachers employed at various playschools located in Vadodara city served as sample for the study. The sample respondents completed a questionnaire that comprised of preliminary information and the Indian Gender Role Identity Scale (IGRIS) by Basu (2010). The data thus generated was subjected to ascending means to find out the frequency with which adjectives were chosen from the Scale. The results revealed that a leader in a female congenial workplace is largely described with masculine adjectives and lesser with feminine adjectives.

Keywords


Stereotypes, Gender Congenial Workplaces, Female Leaders, Leader Stereotypes.