Since ancient times, people have always had the concept of respecting men, and disdain for women. And it is said that men make better decisions than women, I disagree with this decision, Although I agree that men are smarter than women these days, men are better than women at many things. , but not necessarily men make better decisions than women. Women are human too, they have the right to make decisions, and in some cases, they make better decisions than men. Therefore, I disagree with Men are better at making decisions than women.

It would be challenging to broach this topic without first talking about gender stereotypes. Stereotypes are human, normal, and useful. They are mental shortcuts that help us make sense of our world. We use them all the time and they do not always lead us to make inaccurate judgments about people and situations. However, when it comes to gender, our society has some well-defined stereotypes about men and women and their traits and skills, especially in the workplace. For example, it is believed that men are callous and often too proud to ask for help and women are overly dramatic and emotional. Those underlying stereotypical beliefs interfere with our expectations of the genders in different contexts. When it comes to leadership, male behavior is often more in line with what is expected of a strong leader (see “Think Manager-Think Male”, Schein (1973, 2007)) while women are expected to be warm and caring and thought to be unwilling to make difficult decisions. How true are these stereotypes?

Do gender differences exist when it comes to being an effective leader?

To answer this question, we first must ask ourselves what makes an effective leader – regardless of gender. What behaviors, traits, and characteristics are valued in a strong leader? A common model used to understand leadership breaks leadership behaviors down into two large categories – people and results. Blake and Mouton (1964) established a managerial leadership grid which places leaders into quadrants depending on how much emphasis they place on people and results separately. A highly dynamic, charismatic, transformational, and effective leader is high on people and results. Within these larger categories are key leadership competencies such as coaching, motivating, and openness in the people grouping, and performance management, analysis, and accountability in the results grouping. If one were to apply gender stereotypes to this model, it might be hypothesized that women leaders would be more effective in the people competencies and men would be more effective in the results competencies.

Related: The Top 5 Skills of Effective Leaders

Let's consult the research

As you can imagine, researchers have wanted to know if this is true. Studies have examined how men and women are rated on leadership performance across these competencies. A study conducted on over 7,000 leaders using 360 performance data to explore gender differences on 16 leadership competencies found that women were rated significantly higher than men on 12 of the 16 competencies (Zenger & Folkman, 2012). These competencies represented both people and results categories. Men were rated higher on strategy development. No differences were seen for technical expertise, innovation, or connecting to the outside world. These results are promising for women leaders who are often seen as less competent and effective, but it is just one study.

In 2014, a group of researchers conducted a meta-analysis on gender and leadership effectiveness. They pulled together 95 studies to identify consistent trends in the relationships across research that spanned 49 years. They reviewed self and other ratings of performance effectiveness and found that overall, there are no strong significant differences between the genders on leadership effectiveness. When they broke down the data and looked at moderating variables, they did find some interesting differences:

Women are being viewed as more effective in recent years as compared to decades ago.

Men were rated as more effective in male-dominated organizations (e.g., government).

Men rated themselves higher in self-report measures than women across the board.

Women were rated as more effective in middle management roles.

Women were rated as more effective by others (not self) across the board.

Select International conducts leadership assessments across levels and industries. We looked at our own leadership assessment data and drew a similar conclusion. When it comes to effectiveness, there are no strong gender differences. Men and women are rated equally effective in leadership competencies.

Lastly, the American Psychological Association published an article, Men and Women: No Big Difference, stating the same conclusion: “Studies show that one's ***** has little or no bearing on personality, cognition and leadership.”

Okay, so what does this mean? This is good news! The research points to the conclusion that men and women can both be effective leaders. There isn’t anything about gender that makes one leader better than another. If this is true, then why are there fewer women leaders, especially at the top of the organization? In future blogs we will examine some of the theories around why women are not represented in the upper echelons of the organization and discuss the research around them.

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Men think that women are better ..suitable... to looking after the home than men. (suit)

Women usually _____ household finances better than men do.

manages       are managing         is managing         manage

In your opinion, do women drive more carefully than men?

do you think women are more careful drivers than men?

--> in your opinion , do women .........are more careful drivers than men?............................

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Điều gì được nhận thấy giống nhau ở cả nam và nữ?

A. Họ thích khóc                                                            B. Họ mạnh mẽ về thể chất

C. Họ là những sinh vật có cảm xúc                                                        D. Họ muốn chơi nhạc lớn

Thông tin: Both men and women are emotional creatures but women are not afraid or ashamed to cry while men refuse to do so.

Tạm dịch: Cả đàn ông và phụ nữ đều là những sinh vật có cảm xúc nhưng phụ nữ không sợ hãi hay xấu hổ khi khóc trong khi đàn ông từ chối làm như vậy.

Chọn C

1.  I’m afraid of dogs/the dogs.

2.  Can you pass the salt/salt, please?

3.  Apples/the apples are good for you.

4.  Look at apples/the apples on that tree! They are very big.

5.  Women/the women live longer than men/the men.

6.  I don’t drink tea/the tea. I don’t like it.

7.  We had a very nice meal. Vegetables/ the vegetables were especially good.

8.  Life/the life is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen.

9.  I like skiing/the skiing. But I’m not good at it.

10.  Who are people/the people in this photograph?

11.  What makes people/the people violent? What causes aggression/the aggression?

12.  All books/all the books on the top shelf belong to me.

13.  First world war/ the first world war lasted from 1914 until 1918.

14.  One of our biggest problems is unemployment/the unemployment.

1.  I’m afraid of dogs/the dogs.

2.  Can you pass the salt/salt, please?

3.  Apples/the apples are good for you.

4.  Look at apples/the apples on that tree! They are very big.

5.  Women/the women live longer than men/the men.

6.  I don’t drink tea/the tea. I don’t like it.

7.  We had a very nice meal. Vegetables/ the vegetables were especially good.

8.  Life/the life is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen.

9.  I like skiing/the skiing. But I’m not good at it.

10.  Who are people/the people in this photograph?

11.  What makes people/the people violent? What causes aggression/the aggression?

12.  All books/all the books on the top shelf belong to me.

13.  First world war/ the first world war lasted from 1914 until 1918.

14.  One of our biggest problems is unemployment/the unemployment.

A

Dòng 3 có gợi ý: are more verbal – talk more. Verbal (adj) = sử dụng lời nói