Leadership and same-gender bias: A content analysis of promotion recommendations
✍ Scribed by Thomas A. Stetz; John M. Ford
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2041-8418
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The number of women in the workforce has steadily increased over the years, but the number of women in top leadership positions is still small. This study examines promotion recommendations in an attempt to shed light on this state of affairs. Analysis of supervisors' explicit promotion recommendations revealed no gender discrimination. However, text analysis of the accompanying promotion recommendation narratives revealed a same‐gender bias. Female supervisors used more people leadership language when describing female subordinates, and male supervisors used more people leadership language when describing male subordinates. In addition, female supervisors used more task leadership language than male supervisors did, regardless of subordinate gender.