Abusive and Supportive Leadership Effects on Masculinity & Aggression towards Women

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dc.contributor.advisorHanges, Paul Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorEpistola, Jordanen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-14T06:32:29Z
dc.date.available2021-02-14T06:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractMasculinity is a highly-valued but elusive status in society. This is due to its socially conferred nature. While masculinity is associated with good traits, it is also associated with negative traits such as aggression against others. Negative masculine traits occur when males lose masculine status and seek to reestablish it. While research has identified contexts that elicit masculinity loss, research to date has not focused on the role leaders play in shaping followers’ interpretations of such contexts. The present study sought to address this by examining the effect of supportive versus abusive leadership on followers’ experience of masculinity in potentially threatening contexts. Dahl, Vesio & Weaver’s (2015) research method for threatening masculinity was expanded upon to test this. Results revealed significant differences in public discomfort and anger between supportive and abusive leadership. Leadership also impacted followers’ hostility towards women through changes in masculinity loss stress. Surprisingly, Dahl et al.’s (2015) method for threatening masculinity could not be replicated. Potential explanations, as well as theoretical and empirical implications are discussed.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/y70x-vv4v
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26792
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAggression to Womenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLeadershipen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMasculinityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMasculinity Loss Stressen_US
dc.titleAbusive and Supportive Leadership Effects on Masculinity & Aggression towards Womenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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