Works Well with Others: Gendered Mediation of Collaborative Leadership Skills

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2022-01-26 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2022.2028509

Linda Trimble, Jennifer Curtin, Meagan Auer, Angelia Wagner, V. Woodman

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ABSTRACT This research note reports an intriguing finding, reached inductively from textual analysis of newspaper coverage of the leadership attributes of 22 women and men premiers in Australia and Canada. When introducing these newly selected subnational government leaders to the public, journalists articulated their capacity to work well with others as an important leadership competency. Women and men premiers alike were described as inclusive, conciliatory, and consultative, and these qualities were highlighted as integral to effective decision-making and sound governance practices. Our research challenges a central proposition of the gendered mediation thesis: that news coverage of political leaders foregrounds and lauds the agentic qualities traditionally associated with men and masculinity while downplaying and denigrating communal qualities linked to women and femininity. Evidence of media attention to and praise for collaborative leadership traits indicates a feminization of politics that disrupts gender stereotypes in a manner helpful to women’s political ambition.

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与他人良好合作:协作领导技能的性别调解

摘要:本研究报告了一个有趣的发现，通过对澳大利亚和加拿大22位女性和男性总理的领导属性的报纸报道进行文本分析归纳得出。在向公众介绍这些新选出的地方政府领导人时，记者明确表示他们与他人良好合作的能力是一项重要的领导能力。女性和男性总理都被描述为具有包容性、和解性和协商性，这些品质被强调为有效决策和良好治理实践的组成部分。我们的研究挑战了性别调解理论的一个核心命题:政治领导人的新闻报道强调并赞扬了传统上与男性和男子气概相关的代理品质，同时淡化和贬低了与女性和女性气质相关的公共品质。媒体对合作领导特质的关注和赞扬表明，政治的女性化打破了性别刻板印象，有助于女性的政治抱负。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.