When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are they better, or worse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivated and __1__ than male managers?
Some research __2__ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater __3__, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __4__ to bring emotional factors to bear __5__ making workplace decisions. These differences are __6_ to carry advantages for companies, __7__ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to __8__ the company manage its workforce __9__.
A study commissioned by the International Women's Forum __10__ a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men) that __11__ from the command-and-control style __12__ used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women __13__ participation, share power and information, __14__ other people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these __15__ reflect their belief that allowing __16__ to contribute and to feel __17__ and important is a win-win __18__-good for the employees and the organization." The study's director __19__ that "interactive leadership may emerge __20__ the management style of choice for many organizations."
1. A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
2. A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) despises
3. A) combination B) cooperativeness C) coherence D) correlation
4. A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
5. A) by B) in C) at D) with
6. A) disclosed B) watched C) revised D) seen
7. A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
8. A) help B) enable C) support D) direct
9. A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
10. A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
11. A) derives B) differs C) descends D) detaches
12. A) inherently B) traditionally C) conditionally D) occasionally
13. A) encourage B) dismiss C) disapprove D) engage
14. A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
15. A) themes B) subjects C) researches D) things
16. A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
17. A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
18. A) situation B) status C) circumstance D) position
19. A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
20. A) into B) from C) as D) for