College Women’s Leadership Aspirations: The Influence of the First-year College Experience
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Authors
VanDerWege, Abbie
Issue Date
2004
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en_US
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Abstract
Most often, men are more likely to employ a task-oriented leadership style, whereas women tend to
employ interpersonal-oriented leadership behaviors (Park). Generally speaking, a task-oriented leader
is concerned with directing subordinates and assigning duties. This type of leader is considered an
efficient user of the resources available and focuses on the bottom-line. An interpersonal-oriented
leader offers higher levels of support and is concerned with establishing good relationships with
colleagues (Park). As women observe men obtaining the vast majority of leadership positions in their
careers, women might come to believe that the task-oriented leadership style that most of these men
possess is more effective than the typically feminine interpersonal-oriented leadership style. Such
realizations are likely to decrease women’s aspirations to be leaders.
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Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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