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Perceived Masculinity/Femininity Of Managers And The Feedback Environment, Jeremy W. Pawlak, Paul E. Levy Dr.
Perceived Masculinity/Femininity Of Managers And The Feedback Environment, Jeremy W. Pawlak, Paul E. Levy Dr.
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Past research suggests that the masculinity/femininity of a supervisor plays a role in the effectiveness of his/her leadership in organizations. This study looked into the relationship between the perceived masculinity and femininity of supervisors by employees and the feedback environment. The data for the research were collected from 66 men and 78 women in the United States who were working 20 or more hours per week using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk website. The survey was the combination of the supervisor subscale of the Feedback Environment Scale (FES) and a slightly modified version of the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Each of the …