Does valuing androgyny and femininity lead to a female advantage? The relationship between gender-role, transformational leadership and identification

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 620-640

  Kark, Ronit ^a   Waismel Manor, Ronit ^b   Shamir, Boas ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgyny; Gender; Gender role identity; Management; Personal identification; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860319385     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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