Leader evaluation and team cohesiveness in the process of team development: A matter of gender?

ABSTRACT: Leadership positions are still stereotyped as masculine, especially in male-dominated fields (e.g., engineering). So how do gender stereotypes affect the evaluation of leaders and team cohesiveness in the process of team development? In our study participants worked in 45 small teams (4-5 members). Each team was headed by either a female or male leader, so that 45 leaders (33% women) supervised 258 team members (39% women). Over a period of nine months, the teams developed specific engineering projects as part of their professional undergraduate training. We examined leaders' self-evaluation, their evaluation by team members, and team cohesiveness at two points of time (month three and month nine, the final month of the collaboration). While we did not find any gender differences in leader

SUBMITTER: Rovira-Asenjo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653182 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature