Stereotypes about leadership still pose barriers to women's advancement
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new meta-analysis shows that even today leadership continues to be viewed as culturally masculine. Thus, women suffer from two primary forms of prejudice. Women are viewed as less qualified or natural in most leadership roles, the research shows, and secondly, when women adopt culturally masculine behaviors often required by these roles, they may be viewed as inappropriate or presumptuous.