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  • Social Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • Virtues and character strengths are widely presumed to be universally valued across diverse demographics.
  • However, potential gender-based variations in the perception of character in leadership roles remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender differences in the perceived importance of character for successful leadership.
  • To examine how the gender of the participant influences the evaluation of leaders exhibiting specific character traits.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized surveys and laboratory studies to collect data on perceptions of character in leadership.
  • Analyzed responses based on participant gender and leader gender, focusing on agentic behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Women attributed greater importance to character in business leadership compared to men.
  • Male participants rated female leaders exhibiting agentic behaviors less positively than male leaders.
  • Male respondents consistently rated most character dimensions of female leaders lower than female respondents did.

Conclusions:

  • Gender significantly influences the assessment of character strengths and virtues in leadership.
  • Subtle gender biases may affect how character is perceived and evaluated in organizational contexts.
  • Further research is needed to understand the practical implications of gender bias in leadership assessments.