Envisioning Oneself as a Leader

Comparisons of Women and Men in Spain and the United States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12004751
AutoresLauren A Killeen (Northwestern University, autor correspondente), Esther López-Zafra (Universidad de Jaén), Esther López‐Zafra (0000-0003-4722-7467, Universidad de Jaén), Alice H Eagly (0000-0003-4938-9101, Northwestern University)
Ano2006
Volume30
Fascículo3
Páginas312-322
Data de publicação2006-08-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.2006.00299.x
OpenAlexW2154212609
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas33

In an examination of aspirations for leadership in the United States and Spain, male and female students envisioned themselves as a chief executive officer, vice president, or mid-level manager in an industry with a feminine image (clothing manufacturing) or a masculine image (auto manufacturing). Although men and women perceived these roles as equally positive, women perceived them as less possible and less facilitative of close relationships and gender relationships. Other gender effects included more positive perceptions of the roles by women in the feminine industry and by men in the masculine industry. Cross-nationally men perceived the roles as more positive than women did only in Spain, and U.S. students perceived the roles as more possible than Spanish students did

Chief executive officer · Clothing · Clothing industry · Gender role · Management · Masculinity · Officer · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society