Gender differences in follower behavior: An experimental study of reactions to ambitious decision makers.
This study investigates whether observers react negatively to overly ambitious leaders, focusing on whether women are more sensitive than men in their perceptions of the traits of decision makers and whether men and women behave differently as a result of such perceptions. Results from two laborator...
| Publicado en: | Politics & the Life Sciences Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 40 - 55 |
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Association for Politics & the Life Sciences
September 2010
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