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Correlation of gender-related values of independence and relationship and leadership orientation

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This study compares the relationship between the moral reasoning modes and leadership orientation of males versus females, and managers versus engineers/scientists. A questionnaire developed by Worthley (1987) was used to measure the degree of each participant's respective independence and justice, and relationships and caring moral reasoning modes. Leadership orientation values and attitudes were measured using the Fiedler and Chemers (1984) Least Preferred Coworker Scale.

The results suggest that, although males differ from female in their dominant moral reasoning modes, managers are not distinguishable from the engineers/scientists they manage in terms of their moral reasoning mode or Least Preferred Coworker score.

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Clarence E. Butz is a Professor of Management in the School of Business and Management at Azusa Pacific University, California. Dr. Butz's teaching areas include general management, organizational behavior, and business ethics.

Phillip V. Lewis is Dean of the School of Business and Management at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of Organizational Communication (Gorsuch Scarisbrich, 1996) and “Bank Ethics: An Exploratory Study of Ethical Behaviors and Perceptions in Small, Local Banks” (Journal of Business Ethics, 11: 197–205, 1992).

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Butz, C.E., Lewis, P.V. Correlation of gender-related values of independence and relationship and leadership orientation. J Bus Ethics 15, 1141–1149 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412813

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