{"id":153,"date":"2018-11-27T12:39:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/walkinginmywhy\/?p=153"},"modified":"2018-11-27T12:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:39:21","slug":"unit-8-learning-activity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/walkinginmywhy\/2018\/11\/27\/unit-8-learning-activity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 8 Learning Activity 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I took the IAT test it took me 5 seconds longer to do trial B than trial A, indicating that I have bias towards associating leadership qualities to males over females.The results were surprising to me (1) because I am a woman and (2) because I feel that women can excel in leadership roles. I immediately wondered how statistically significant this five second difference was and I was disappointed because I could not find about this on the IAT website. Thus I do not know if 5 seconds represents a relatively large or small bias. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Northouse, prejudices against women in leadership roles are deep seated and pervasive (p. \u00a0). The problem is that even people like myself, who hold egalitarian values can still harbour prejudices unbeknownst to themselves, as was evidenced by the test. My learning from this exercise is that there is value in anti-bias training even in companies that value equal opportunities for men and women.<\/span><\/p>\n

I value and appreciate the work that the non-profit organization Catalyst is doing to promote workplace inclusion for women on many fronts via its four research centers (Nugent et. al., 2016). I also learned that it has a long history in working to promote women\u2019s rights, beginning with its work in 1962 to help women get into the labour force (Catalyst, n.d.). I \u00a0consider myself fortunate to work in the field of education, one of the few fields where women have relatively equal opportunities for leadership. Over the past 18 years for example, three of the six directors of education for the Toronto District School Board have been women. I feel that the greatest way I can promote<\/span> recognition and a sense of belonging for women in the workplace is by modelling effective leadership at the classroom and school level and by making students aware of, and actively disproving implicit social biases against women.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Catalyst (n.d.) <\/span>Our history.<\/span><\/i> Retrieved fromvhttps:\/\/www.catalyst.org\/who-we-are\/our-histor<\/span>y<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Northouse, P. G. (2016). <\/span>Leadership: theory and practice<\/span><\/i> (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nugent, J., Pollack, A., & Travis, D. (2016). <\/span>The Day to day experiences of workplace inclusion and exclusion<\/span><\/i>. [Pdf file]. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.catalyst.org\/system\/files\/the_day_to_day_experiences_of_workplace_inclusion_and_exclusion.pdf<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I took the IAT test it took me 5 seconds longer to do trial B than trial A, indicating that I have bias towards associating leadership qualities to males over females.The results were surprising to me (1) because I am a woman and (2) because I feel that women can excel in leadership roles. … <\/p>\n

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