Author Question: Explain the pipeline argument regarding women's advancement to leadership positions and offer ... (Read 179 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Explain the pipeline argument regarding women's advancement to leadership positions and offer evidence to support or refute it.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The vertical dyadic relationship in LMX is established by

a. The leader
b. The follower
c. The leader and follower
d. The leader and the organizational structure

durant1234 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An argument could be made that these represent a causal cycle because women tend to feel more responsibility with child-rearing than men. This causes people to see women in this role more (stereotype activation). Women are therefore perceived as nurturing, which causes people to treat them this way. Society affirms women when they enact these roles, so women assimilate the stereotype. Women can become psychologically adapted to these roles, so they carry them to the workplace (and leadership styles).

Answer to Question 2

C