Date of Award
1993
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Snodgrass, Sara E.
Abstract
Research has shown that women are reluctant to act as or perceive themselves as leaders over men (Eagly & Karau, 1991, Snodgrass & Rosenthal, 1984). Other research has shown how expectations about behavior can elicit such behavior (Rosenthal & Rubin, 1978). This thesis combines these two bodies of research in an attempt to create an environment where women emerge as leaders over men. Mixed- and same-sex dyads were given bogus leadership expectancies, and then interacted in a team task. Leadership performance, perceptions, and predictions were measured after the task. It was hypothesized and found that expectancies can overcome sex role stereotypes regarding leadership.
Extent
108 p.
Recommended Citation
Snyder, Robert John, "Leadership expectancies versus sex role expectations: Their effects on leadership performance, perceptions, and predictions in dyadic interactions" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 463.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/463
Identifier
FADT14903
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters