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Female Manager: Gender Determination of a Healthy Lifestyle
Женщина-руководитель: гендерная детерминация здорового образа жизни

Valery Agapov, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation named after V. Ya. Kikot, Alla Fedorkina, Tatiana Gorobets, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygin
2020 The Public/Private in Modern Civilization: Collection of Academic Papers from the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020)   unpublished

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The aim of the study of the lifestyles of women leaders was to investigate the social phenomenon of an increasing trend in the number of female leaders in all areas of society. However, the gendered functional burden of fulfilling the role of a woman as the keeper of the family home remains the same, which sets the stage for research into the determinants of healthy lifestyles for female leaders. The methodological socio-psychological approach of the study is ensured by applying the testing
more » ... od (to study the dominant behavioural pattern of female leaders). Moreover, the age-based ranging method was embraced in the form of analysing distinctive features of female leadership behaviours at a certain age in life. Furthermore, the method of scaling and defining the expressiveness of traits of a particular behavioural pattern was applied. The findings were processed via a comparative analysis of features of female manager behaviour types in the context of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In accordance with objective data, the authors are able to state that the predominant pattern (according to the Friedman and Rosenman test) of female leaders is type 'A' behaviour – this pattern determines the development of psychosomatic pathology. The basic conclusion demonstrating the novelty of the findings reflects the analysis of the trends in psychological characteristics of female managers of modern businesses as follows: female managers have internalised Type 'A' behavioural patterns that promote the use of health resources with the maximum expenditure of psychological resources and the absence of even minimal energy-saving tendencies. The behavioural patterns identified allowed us to identify recommendations for female leaders for healthy lifestyles.
doi:10.35853/ufh-public/private-2020-59 fatcat:7c5wmz3m35axxcslnxj44dg4e4
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Valery Agapov, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation named after V. Ya. Kikot, Alla Fedorkina, Tatiana Gorobets, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Russian State University named after A. N. Kosygin. "Female Manager: Gender Determination of a Healthy Lifestyle." The Public/Private in Modern Civilization: Collection of Academic Papers from the 22nd Russian Scientific-Practical Conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 16-17, 2020) (2020)