It is widely believed that female and male leaders have fundamentally different
characteristics and styles, which are thought to explain why organizations with more gender …

The impact of female role models on women's leadership aspirations and self-perceptions
after a leadership task were assessed across two laboratory studies. These studies tested …

Our study shows that preferred leadership prototypes held by female leaders differ from the
prototypes held by male leaders, and that these prototype differences vary across countries …

The current research explores role congruity processes from a new vantage point by
investigating how the need for change might shift gender-based leadership preferences …

Women continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions. This underrepresentation
is at least partly driven by gender stereotypes that associate men, but not women, with …

This study attempts to test one of the explanations of the scarce representation of women in
managerial positions, specifically the one advanced by “role congruity theory of prejudice …

Leadership categorization theory suggests that leaders who display characteristics and
abilities that match observers' schematic conception of an effective leader will be more …

Purpose–This study aims to explore behavioural differences between women and men in
managerial positions and suggest explanations for differences and similarities …

People tend to have similar beliefs about leaders and men but dissimilar beliefs about
leaders and women. A decrease in this perceived incongruity between beliefs about women …

This study examined how external evaluators' assessments of a management team and its
leader are impacted by congruence between the leader's gender and the gender typing of …