The Importance of Similarity:: How Gender Congruence Matters for the Impact of Leadership Training

Trine Høj Fjendbo; Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen; Seung-Ho An

doi:10.1177/00953997211064220

The Importance of Similarity: How Gender Congruence Matters for the Impact of Leadership Training

Trine Høj Fjendbo, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Seung-Ho An

Institut for Statskundskab

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Abstract

Leadership training is key to promoting more active leadership, but the effects of leadership training can depend on the gender context. Gender congruence between manager and employee can affect how the manager employs leadership behaviors adapted from training and how employees perceive leadership behavior. Quantitative data on 474 managers’ 4,833 employees before and after a large-scale field experiment with leadership training enable us to examine changes in employee-perceived leadership following training. The results show that gender congruence between manager and employee is associated with stronger leadership training effects on employee-perceived leadership behaviors. Female gender congruence shows the most pronounced effects.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Administration & Society
Vol/bind	54
Nummer	8
Sider (fra-til)	1542-1571
Antal sider	30
ISSN	0095-3997
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211064220
Status	Udgivet - sep. 2022

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