TY - JOUR AU - STOGDILL, RALPH M. AB - DAVID R. DAY The University of Illinois RALPH M. STOGDILL The Ohio State University INrecent years much public discussion has taken place concerning the need for more effective utilization of women as a manpower resource in our society and the desirability of assuring equal employment opportunities for those women who wish to participate in the labor force. The federal government. appears to provide rather unusual opportunities for women to acquire positions of leadership. The purpose of the research reported here was to seek for reliable knowledge concerning the leader behavior of women. More specifically, its objectives were to determine how women behave when performing in leadership roles, how effective they are in this performance, and what relationships exist between their behavior and their effectiveness. Finally, i t was desired to determine what relationships exist between their behavior and effectiveness on one hand and selected biographical variables on the other, and to compare the results with findings for male leaders in similar organizational situations. Sample The sample was drawn from among civilian employees of the United States Air Force Logistics Command who were located a t three bases in the continental United States. Several subjects were also obtained from TI - LEADER BEHAVIOR OF MALE AND FEMALE SUPERVISORS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY JF - Personnel Psychology DO - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1972.tb01110.x DA - 1972-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/leader-behavior-of-male-and-female-supervisors-a-comparative-study-EXzPRd4GbC SP - 353 VL - 25 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -