Abstract:
The main focus of this study was to determine how community college
administrators used certain personality traits (cues) in judging the
success potential of female and male administrative applicants.
The following hypotheses were tested:
1. There will be no significant difference in the weights
attached to the following cues when females and males
are being rated on their success potential.
(a) Outgoing
(b) Intelligence
(c) Suspicious
2. There will be a significantly greater weight attached to
the following cues when males are being rated on their
success potential. (a) Assertivenss (b) Venturesome (c) Self-Sufficient
3. There will be a significantly greater weight attached to
the following cues when females are being rated on their
success potential.
(a) Person-Oriented
(b) Accomodative
