The Effect of Sex of Participants on Decision Making in Small Teacher Groups

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ID12004172
AuthorsRobin Hurwitz Inwald (Teachers College, Columbia University, corresponding author), N Dale Bryant (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Year1981
Volume5
Issue4
Pages532-542
Publication date1981-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.1981.tb00592.x
OpenAlexW2060498558
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

In order to examine the effect of sex of participants on the decision making in small groups, 240 experienced public high school teachers were separated into groups of four, with two males and two females in each group. Half of the teacher groups worked on the same school faculties, while the others were unacquainted with each other. Half of the groups in each setting completed an educationally-related ranking task, while the other half completed a noneducationally-related ranking task. While no significant differences were found between the number of initial suggestions made by males and females which the group accepted, males made significantly more accepted final arguments for items on the ranking tasks than did females ( p < .01). No significant differences were found between groups according to the type of task (educational or noneducational) completed, or familiarity of subjects (same or different school faculties). Results were interpreted in terms of traditional roles and modeling for males and females

Developmental psychology · Ranking (information retrieval · Task (project management · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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