I am one of you! Team prototypicality as a facilitator for female leaders

ABSTRACT: In the present study, we complement role congruity theory with insights from the Social Identity Model of Leadership. We propose that especially female leaders benefit from team prototypicality, i.e., being representative of the group they are leading. We assume that team prototypicality shifts the comparative frame away from higher-order categories like gender and leader roles to more concrete team-related properties and thereby reduces disadvantages for female leader that stem from the incongruity between the leader role and the female gender role stereotypes. Further, this effect should affect both (female) leaders themselves and their perception by their followers. Building on previous research, we predict, first, lower authentic leadership behavior for female than male leaders. Second

SUBMITTER: Hernandez Bark A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632852 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature