Female motivation to lead: the impact of same-sex role models and female leadership strength awareness

Female motivation to lead: the impact of same-sex role models and female leadership strength awareness

IntroductionResearch on motivation to lead (MTL) suggests that women tend to be less motivated to take on leadership positions than men. By investigating female motivation to lead, we want to contest this finding.MethodsWe used five samples for validating our newly specified constructs (i.e., prosoc...

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Main Authors:	Sabine Boerner, Miriam Schwarzmaier, Ioannis Tagos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-08-01
Series:	Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:	female leadership female leadership strength awareness gender motivation to lead prosocial motivation to lead same-sex role models
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1544411/full
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