The Impact of Male and Female Leaders on the Group Performance, Morale, and Perceptions of West Point Cadets.

Abstract

Research on the interaction of sex roles and leadership roles involved 72 four-person groups of West Point cadets. Independent variables were sex of leader, task versus relationship orientation, attitudes toward women of male followers, and task structure. Dependent variables were group performance and morale. Both performance and morale of groups were influenced by sex of leader and attitudes toward women of followers. Male followers with negative attitudes toward women tended to attribute successful performance of female-led groups to luck and successful performance of male-led groups to the ability and motivation of the leader. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081972

Entities

People

  • Alan G. Vitters
  • Lisa S. Richer
  • Robert W. Rice

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cadets
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Morale
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Prejudice
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States Military Academy

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.