Gender and the motivation to lead : what we know from studies of entrepreneurial, professional and leadership in the 21st century
Gatzka, Elprana, Stiehl, & Felfe (2009) noted that past attempts to explain the under-representation of women in leadership positions worldwide have neglected the motivational aspects of leadership. In their structured interviews with 50 organizational leaders, male managers rated the motivation...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-965892023-05-19T06:44:43Z Gender and the motivation to lead : what we know from studies of entrepreneurial, professional and leadership in the 21st century Li, Yimeng Chan, Kim Yin Chernyshenko, Olexander Ma, Jian Low, Kin-Yew Ho, Moon-Ho Ringo Nanyang Business School Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (16th : 2013) DRNTU::Business::Management::Leadership DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Motivation Gatzka, Elprana, Stiehl, & Felfe (2009) noted that past attempts to explain the under-representation of women in leadership positions worldwide have neglected the motivational aspects of leadership. In their structured interviews with 50 organizational leaders, male managers rated the motivation to lead (MTL) as significantly more essential to attaining leadership positions than females. No gender differences were found for self-rated MTL. Our present study examines gender differences in MTL as measured psychometrically using the entrepreneurial, professional and leadership (EPL) motivation scales developed by Chan et al. (2012). Using 2 different datasets, we examine the gender differences for MTL and the extent to which gender differences in MTL may be explained by leadership self-efficacy and general career motivation. We observe significant, lower MTL for female as opposed to male university students, and that this difference is accounted for by self-reported leadership efficacy. This pattern of findings is also observed with entrepreneurial and professional motivation. Our findings are limited to students in Singapore. Implications of these findings for the study of gender and leadership are discussed. Our paper enhances the understanding of gender differences and leadership within the broader framework of EPL career aspirations and motivation in the 21st century. 2013-06-25T06:53:38Z 2019-12-06T19:32:50Z 2013-06-25T06:53:38Z 2019-12-06T19:32:50Z 2013 2013 Conference Paper Li, Y., Chan, K. Y., Chernyshenko, O., Ho, M. H. R., Low, K. Y., & Ma, J. (2013). Gender and the motivation to lead: What we know from studies of entrepreneurial, professional and leadership in the 21st century. 16th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Germany. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96589 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10641 en © 2013 16th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP). |
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Gatzka, Elprana, Stiehl, & Felfe (2009) noted that past attempts to explain the under-representation of women in leadership positions worldwide have neglected the motivational aspects of leadership. In their structured interviews with 50 organizational leaders, male managers rated the motivation to lead (MTL) as significantly more essential to attaining leadership positions than females. No gender differences were found for self-rated MTL. Our present study examines gender differences in MTL as measured psychometrically using the entrepreneurial, professional and leadership (EPL) motivation scales developed by Chan et al. (2012). Using 2 different datasets, we examine the gender differences for MTL and the extent to which gender differences in MTL may be explained by leadership self-efficacy and general career motivation. We observe significant, lower MTL for female as opposed to male university students, and that this difference is accounted for by self-reported leadership efficacy. This pattern of findings is also observed with entrepreneurial and professional motivation. Our findings are limited to students in Singapore. Implications of these findings for the study of gender and leadership are discussed. Our paper enhances the understanding of gender differences and leadership within the broader framework of EPL career aspirations and motivation in the 21st century. |
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