Which of the Following Statements About Leadership and Gender Is

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about leadership and gender is TRUE?

• A)Male leaders tend to use the participative style more often than do female leaders.
• B)Male and female leaders generally do not differ in their use of task-oriented and people-oriented leadership.
• C)Male and female leaders generally do not differ in their use of participative leadership.
• D)Sex stereotypes influence the evaluations that subordinates assign to their leaders.
• E)All of the above are true.

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Definitions:

Stanford-Binet

The widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet’s original intelligence test.

Mental Age

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