Determinants of Collaborative Leadership

Civic Engagement, Gender or Organizational Norms

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6340342
AutoresCindy Simon Rosenthal (University of Oklahoma, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume51
Fascículo4
Páginas847
Data de publicação1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/449108
OpenAlexW4229565363
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas31
Referências citadas21

This analysis attempts to unravel competing explanations of collaborative leadership styles of state legislative committee chairs. Specifically, the paper considers the influence of community or volunteer experience, gender, and institutional variables. The data show that women chairs are more likely than their male peers to cite as valuable the leadership skills and experiences that they gain through community and volunteer experience. Compared to their male colleagues, women committee chairs on average also report a greater reliance on collaborative strategies in the management of their committees. Prior community or volunteer experience has little or no direct effect on collaborative styles. In contrast, institutional factors have a much stronger and countervailing influence. Legislative professionalization produces a strong negative effect on collaborative style. Results suggest that conformity to institutional norms may be a more compelling influence than prior community experience. The analysis also points to the gendered nature of organizational leadership with men's and women's styles showing different associations to style depending on the number and power of women in a legislature

Civic engagement · Conformity · Leadership style · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Professionalization · Public relations · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology