Personal effectiveness as a function of psychological androgyny

Abstract

Background: ′Think-manager, think-male′ stereotype had lived its age and the time is ripe to give way to a Psychologically Androgynous manager, who is more personally effective. Irrespective of one′s sex, he/she possesses both the masculine as well as feminine attributes and practices them as the situation so desires. Material & Method : 350 male management students were categorized under three groups viz. Typically Sex-typed, Androgynous and Undifferentiated by using Bem′s Sex-role Inventory (1974). Their Personal Effectiveness scores were obtained using Pareek′s Personal Effectiveness Scale(2001). Mean, S.D., t-ratio and Pearson′s Correlation was calculated. Results : Three groups were found to be significantly different in terms of their Personal Effectiveness. Psychologically Androgynous group was found to be most personally effective on the dimensions of self-disclosure, benefit from feedback & perceptiveness or sensitivity to others′ feelings. Also, significant correlation existed between Psychological Androgyny and Personal Effectiveness vis-à-vis the other sex-role orientations. Conclusion : Androgynous sex-role orientation predicts personal effectiveness in management students.

Keywords

• Psychological Androgyny
• Personal Effectiveness