M: Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition by Steven McShane, Mary Von Glinow

Exercise 27

People tend to evaluate female leaders slightly less favorably than male leaders because:
A) women tend to adopt a directive style of leadership.
B) people have more trust in authoritarian leadership than participative leadership.
C) women tend to use one leadership style whereas effective leaders have to use many styles.
D) women are more people oriented than task oriented.
E) people tend to rely on gender stereotypes and prototypes of leaders.