![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata - Authors: [[Alice h. eagly|Alice H]], [[steven-j.-karau|Steven J]], [[mona-g.-makhijani|Mona G]] - Full Title:: Gender and the Effectiveness of Leaders: A Meta-Analysis - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Sin machirulos hay paraiso. una charla heterofriendly sobre management|Sin Machirulos Hay Paraiso]], [[Sin machirulos hay paraiso. una charla heterofriendly sobre management|Sin Machirulos Hay Paraiso]] - URL:: https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/29424413 - Finished date:: [[2023-01-25]] ## Highlights - Aggregated over the organizational and laboratory experimental studies in the sample, male and female leaders were equally effective. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqkrwq4w2rq2vw7rgs8nehxn)) - evidence that male leaders were evaluated more fa- vorably than female leaders but attributed this trend to observ- ers' biases and stereotyped expectations. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqkrzm932g60y0edbvrx84w6)) - glass ceiling (see A. M. Morrison, White, & Van Velsor, 1987)—would reduce an organization's productivity by remov- ing a substantial proportion of the available pool of managerial talent ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqkrynqbwyn66hzmdre6t1c0)) - le. Nonetheless, women fared poorly in settings in which leadership was defined in highly masculine terms, especially in military settings. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqks23n95c01awhsegxfz3zp)) - en fared slightly worse than women in settings in which leadership was defined in less masculine terms, especially in educational organizations and in governmental and social service organiza- tions ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqks2n68f99fz2fp9gjkaw16)) - ect instead suggests that gender role expectations spill over onto leadership roles within organizations and groups and produce important consequences for the effectiveness of lead- ers. The mechanisms by which these consequences are pro- duced deserve careful scrutiny in primary research. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqks3582pawj3zmqwsqx5x5e))