When the ___________ style of leadership is evaluated, group members evaluate men and women as equally competent leaders. When the ___________ style of leadership is evaluated, group members evaluate women as substantially less competent leaders than men.

Group of answer choices

Autocratic; Democratic

Democratic; Autocratic

Laissez-Faire; Autocratic

Democratic; Transformational

Transformational; Laissez-Faire

Democratic; Autocratic

When the democratic style of leadership is evaluated, group members evaluate men and women as equally competent leaders. When the autocratic style of leadership is evaluated, group members evaluate women as substantially less competent leaders than men.

In the democratic style of leadership, all group members get to participate in the evaluation or decision making process. An opportunity is granted to every individual group member to make a contribution and all views are equally heard. This way, when such a group with democratic leadership style evaluates men and women and their competency in leadership, the outcome will be more objective and thus they will regard both genders to be equally competent. All ideas matter and are encouraged in a democratic leadership style and this leads to strong contributions from all group members.

In an autocratic leadership style, group members do not get the chance to give their views and opinions. The evaluation process or even the decision making process in this style of leadership becomes a one man show (usually the leader of the group). Other group members are ignored and one individual gets to control the outcome of the evaluation or decision making process. This kind of leadership style is prone to subjectivity and personal biases that's why we see women being evaluated as substantially less competent leaders than men. If the group leader holds biases against women he or she can use that to control the outcome of the evaluation process.