Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Linguistic Style
Linguistic Style
Features include
Directness or indirectness
Pacing & pausing
Word choice
Use of elements like jokes, figures of
speech, stories, questions & apologies
Turn taking
Linguistic Style
The Kicker
Linguistic Patterns
Linguistic Patterns
Getting Credit
Linguistic Patterns
Asking Questions
Conversational Rituals
Conversational Rituals
Apologies
Women say Im sorry more often than men
Puts in one-down, even though other women
know they arent really sorry
Feedback
Differing Styles
Compliments
Women pay more than men, puts at a
disadvantage in the work place
Conversational Rituals
Ritual Opposition
An exploration through verbal
opposition
They put their ideas in the most
certain and absolute form they can,
and wait to see if they are challenged
Being forced to defend an idea gives
the opportunity to test it
Negotiating Authority
What to do?
Become aware
Make sure everyone is heard
Be more flexible
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Learning Module
Leadership
and Gender
Stereotypes
Prepared by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - SIOP 1998
Leadership Perceptions
General Model of
Leadership Perceptions
Follower
Perceptions
Individual,
Group, and
Organizational
Outcomes
Prepared by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - SIOP 1998
Follower
Perceptions
Individual,
Group, and
Organizational
Outcomes
Controlling our
Stereotyping
Prepared by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - SIOP 1998
Sharing Perceptions