Exploring Perceptions of Prototypical Leadership and Gender Encoding Bias among Aspiring Female Athletes

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ID6441358
AuthorsElizabeth Taylor (0000-0001-5189-9480, Temple University, corresponding author), Katherine Sveinson (0000-0001-6934-5208, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Christine Wegner (0000-0002-6189-1754, University of Florida), Gareth J Jones (0000-0001-7437-5938, Temple University), Caroline Heffernan (0000-0001-8539-5977, Temple University)
Year2022
Volume47
Issue4
Pages774-793
Publication date2022-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeisure Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-0400 • E-ISSN: 1521-0588
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01490400.2022.2149642
OpenAlexW4309593135
LanguageEN
References cited82

Sport is often heralded as a viable context for leadership development among youth, yet it remains characterized by strong cultural norms and stereotypes favoring masculinity. Further complicating this relationship is the gendered nature of leadership itself, which carries gender encoding biases that influence perceptions of prototypical leaders. Utilizing a qualitative approach, the current study examined how young women perceived prototypical leadership, as well as the gender encoding biases associated with trait enactment. Findings indicate agentic traits were considered salient to visions of prototypical leadership, and that young women felt the need to work harder while also softening agentic trait enactment so as not to threaten the institutionalized hegemonic masculinity embedded in many social situations. Findings are discussed in light of key theoretical and practical implications

Athletes · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Hegemonic masculinity · Masculinity · Perception · Political science · Salient · Sociology · Trait · Gender Studies · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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