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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: 60-08417 AUTHOR: Jacobson, Marsha B.; Koch, Walter
TITLE: Women as leaders: Performance evaluation as a
function of method of leader selection.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1977
JOURNAL: Organizational-Behavior-and-Human-Performance;
1977 Oct Vol 20(1) 149-157
ABSTRACT: In an experiment exploring the relationship
between equity and evaluation of female leaders, 72 male
undergraduates and female confederates worked on a task in
which the confederate was appointed leader over the S. The
confederate was made leader either arbitrarily (by virtue
of her sex), by chance, or by her superior performance on
a pre task. It was arranged for half the dyads to succeed
at the task and for the other half to fail. It was found
that the more equitable the method of leader selection, the
more favorably the confederate's performance was evaluated,
regardless of whether the dyad succeeded or failed, and the
more credit (less blame) she received when the dyad
succeeded (failed). Parallels to oganizational settings and
affirmative action programs are discussed. (PsycLIT
Database Copyright 1978 American Psychological Assn, all
rights reserved)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: LEADERSHIP-; SEX-DISCRIMINATION; PERSONNEL
SELECTION; HUMAN-FEMALES; PERSONNEL-EVALUATION; EQUITY
SOCIAL; HUMAN-MALES
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