A study of the perceptions of female leaders' qualifications, leadership style, and effectiveness among elective and selective leaders, 2009
Porter, Deborah Denise Smith
2000-2009
This study examined the perceptions of female leaders' qualifications, leadership style, and effectiveness to lead. Eighty-nine leaders were surveyed using the Leader Perception Questionnaire Inventory (LPQ-i) on a four-point Likert scale and four random selected phone interviews. This study focused on several conceptual frameworks: first, role congruity theory which examined the incongruence of female leaders; second, contingency and transformational theory, which focuses on behavior style based on qualifications, leadership styles, and effectiveness of female leader's; and lastly, feminist theory which examined gender related issues of leadership. This study details current and historical context of female leader's influence in the workplace throughout history. This study utilized a (qualitative and quantitative) mixed methods approach to gain a new perspective using a phi and chi test to test the hypotheses. The findings concluded that women are continually disproportionately outnumbered by a large margin of (62%) males and '37%) females in high level leadership positions. Also, the findings concluded that men and women hold similar views of female leadership.
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2009-07-01
dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Clark Atlanta University
School of Social Work, Social Work Policy Planning and Administration
Lyle, Richard Bouie, Joseph Waymer, Robert
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2009_porter_deborah_d_s