AN EXAMINATION OF COMPETITIVENESS IN MANAGERS (CONFLICT, WOMEN SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION).
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Title
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AN EXAMINATION OF COMPETITIVENESS IN MANAGERS (CONFLICT, WOMEN SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION).
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Identifier
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AAI8611375
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identifier
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8611375
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Creator
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QUINN, ROSEMARY.
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Contributor
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Abraham Korman
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the competitive behavior patterns of male and female managers to determine if a relationship existed between a manager's socialization experiences, work experiences, and sex-role attitudes and the competitive "mode" he or she adopted.;The competitive modes were conceptualized as the Competitive Competitor Mode and the Autocomper Mode. The Competitive Competitor is an individual who engages in a pattern of competition that emphasizes interpersonal rivalry and the utilization of an external standard of appraisal to measure success.;The Autocomper is an individual who engages in a pattern of competition that utilizes an internal standard of appraisal in which the individual is actually pitted against himself and not a protagonist.;It was proposed that each of the competitive modes is characterized by differential behaviors with regard to preference for competitive tools, degrees of goal setting and planning activities, reactions to losing, and reactions to conflict situations.;The AC/CC Characteristics Questionnaire was developed to operationalize the two modes of competitive behaviors.;The research sample consisted of 276 managers who provided the data to test the various socialization experiences, work experiences, and sex-role attitudes hypotheses.;The construct validity of the AC/CC Questionnaire was evaluated by recording the behaviors of 48 participants in a group decision exercise. Assessors' evaluations were then compared to participants' AC/CC Characteristics Questionnaire responses.;Correlational analyses of the AC/CC Questionnaire data generally supported the belief that the Competitive Competitor Mode and the Autocomper Mode are separate dimensions. Correlational analyses of the group decision exercise data demonstrated slight support for the construct validity of the AC/CC Characteristics Questionnaire.;Weak support was found for the majority of Work and Socialization Experiences Hypotheses. A definite pattern of socialization experiences strongly correlated with the development of a particular competitive orientation was not evident.;The hypothesis that females with traditional sex-role attitudes would utilize the more passive orientation of the Autocomper Mode received moderate support.;It was concluded that various weaknesses might have contributed to the inconclusive findings and that the development and functioning of the Competitive Competitor and Autocomper orientation in managers merits further investigation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Business