Navigating Gender Biases: How female leaders confront external and internalised stereotypes in a male world
(2023) BUSN49 20231Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of external and internalised stereotypes female leaders in maledominated environments face, as well as to shed light on opportunities of countering stereotypes in order to give voice to new perspectives and experiences, allowing for improvements for future female leaders. The research contributes to literature on stereotypes around female
leaders in male-dominated environments and possible copingmechanisms. We discovered multiple ways in which women contribute to upholding gender stereotypes within a professional setting, mainly due to internalised stereotypes. Our study presents new copingmechanisms that have not been mentioned by literature before, some of short-term nature... (More) - The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of external and internalised stereotypes female leaders in maledominated environments face, as well as to shed light on opportunities of countering stereotypes in order to give voice to new perspectives and experiences, allowing for improvements for future female leaders. The research contributes to literature on stereotypes around female
leaders in male-dominated environments and possible copingmechanisms. We discovered multiple ways in which women contribute to upholding gender stereotypes within a professional setting, mainly due to internalised stereotypes. Our study presents new copingmechanisms that have not been mentioned by literature before, some of short-term nature and others constructively countering stereotypes. (Less)
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- author
- van Lunsen, Roos LU and Hofmann, Ines LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- BUSN49 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Female leaders, leadership, male-dominated, stereotypes, masculinetyped, coping, internalised stereotypes
- language
- English
- id
- 9123686
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-20 12:07:45
- date last changed
- 2023-06-20 12:07:45
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