ceived as leaders (house & Aditya 1997) Because ILTs are relatively constant across individaul , work contexts and personal
characteristics, as well as over time , not conforming to ILTs (Epitropaki & martin 2004 ) may hinder a leader's effectiveness.
Women leaders are particularly affected by biased attribution. Although evaluations of women leaders overall are only slightly less favorable than those of male leader, meta - analysis shows that women tend to suffer more significant devaluation when their leadership styles are perceived as masculine (Eagly,Makhijani & Klonsky, 1992) similarly , experience more devalution when they occupy male dominated roles and when their evaluators