Gender-based approach to the understanding of leadership roles among retail managers
✍ Scribed by Hye-Shin Kim; Soyeon Shim
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1044-8004
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Using survey data (n = 205) obtained from retail managers and executives of national retail
chain store companies, we sought to identify the effect of gender on leadership roles in conjunction with
personal
values, job characteristics, and other personal values. Quinn's theoretical model of competing leadership
roles
(1984, 1988) was used as a conceptual framework. Results indicated that the members of the female
group
perceived themselves to display a higher level of mentor and broker roles than did the members of the male
group.
Further analysis indicated that certain personal values such as social affiliation and growth and development
predicted the mentor and broker roles, respectively, without diminishing the effect of gender. Finally,
perceived
job characteristics (that is, feedback) also predicted the broker role. Theoretical and managerial
implications are discussed.