Leadership Is Getting Things Done Through Others; the Project Manager

question 164

True/False

Leadership is getting things done through others; the project manager achieves results by not trusting the project team.

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Definitions:

Group Norms

The unwritten rules and expectations that guide behavior within a group, influencing how members act, communicate, and interact.

Social Stereotypes

Widely held beliefs or oversimplifications about the traits, behaviors, and characteristics of certain groups or categories of people.

Role Congruity Theory

Mainly applied to the gender gap in leadership – because social stereotypes of women are inconsistent with people’s schemas of effective leadership, women are evaluated as poor leaders.

Gender Gap

The disparity in outcomes or attitudes between men and women, often observed in political, economic, or social contexts.