Perhaps most convincing of all, a meta - analysis of 99 data sets from 95 studies conducted between 1962 - 2011 published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, similarly found that female leaders were
rated by their reports,
peers and managers as being just as or even more effective
than male leaders.
In observation studies that investigated
peer deviancy training among both boys and girls, female dyads engaged in deviant talk less often, and were
rated as more mutual in the type of talk (e.g., normative or deviant)
than male dyads (Dishion, 2000; Piehler & Dishion, 2007), which stresses the importance of assessing gender differences in dyadic
peer interactions.