The influence of feminist self-definition on the democratic attitudes of managers

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Ayala Malach Pines
Henriette Dahan-Kalev
Sigalit Ronen
Cite this article:  Pines, A., Dahan-Kalev, H., & Ronen, S. (2001). The influence of feminist self-definition on the democratic attitudes of managers. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 29(6), 607-616.


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The only consistent gender difference in management style reported in the literature is the more democratic style of women. Democratic leadership is a cornerstone of the feminist approach. In the current exploratory study we aimed to differentiate between the effect of feminist self-definition and gender in explaining differences in democratic attitudes of managers. Israeli male (43) and female (28) managers were questioned about their managerial attitudes and whether they are feminist or non-feminist. Results suggest that a surprisingly high number of both male and female managers defined themselves as feminist. Furthermore, feminist self-definition was found to explain several democratic managerial attitudes better than gender.

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