FEMALE AND MALE IN THE CIVIL SERVANTS’ REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MODERN RUSSIAN LEADER
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2024-1-1415
Abstract
Aim. To identify the peculiarities of the ideas of male and female civil servants about the psychological characteristics of a modern Russian leader.
Methodology. An empirical study was conducted using a questionnaire developed by the authors based on the previously obtained data. Factor analysis with varimax rotation was used to process the results.
Results. As a result of the empirical data analysis, psychological characteristics were identified and images of modern Russian leaders were described, which are present in the representations of civil servants regardless of their gender, and it was also shown that the content of these images may vary depending on the gender of the respondents.
Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the further development of both management psychology and the theory of social representations, and can be used in the practice of personnel work, personal and professional counseling of managers, as well as during organizational counseling to identify problems in the interaction between the head and team members and to choose the most productive methods of overcoming conflicts between the head and subordinates.
About the Authors
Elena Vladimirovna Selezneva
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Prof., expert of the scientific and educational center of modern personnel technologies of the faculty of assessment and development of managerial personnel, the Graduate School of Public Administration
Stanislav Aleksandrovich Demidov
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Director of the Center for the Development of Leadership and Managerial Competencies, the Graduate School of Public Administration
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