THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER LEADERSHIP STYLES OF TEACHERS ON THE PROFESSIONAL CHOICE

The article examines the influence of gender characteristics of a teacher on the choice of a teacher's profession by students of different genders. The explicit and implicit influence of the teacher on the personality and behavior of the student can be considered as leadership. In the context of the teaching profession, consideration of the gender factor is of fundamental importance in connection with mass feminization. The study involved 185 undergraduate students of the Philology faculty of the Smolensk State University, studying in the field of study "Pedagogical education" (16 males and 169 females) to identify the influence of the teacher's gender on the choice of future profession. As research methods, we used a questionnaire to identify explicit aspects of influence and a semantic differential technique to analyze implicit ones. The survey showed that students who are motivated for the teaching profession distinguish such leadership characteristics as the ability to interest, organizational and creative abilities, and the ability of self-development among the significant qualities of a teacher. The semantic differential technique used to evaluate the expression of personal qualities corresponding to different styles of gender leadership in such positions as "I", "Favorite teacher", "Male Teacher", "Female Teacher", etc. As a result, it was found that the professional choice of motivated students of both genders was influenced by a female teacher. At the same time, all the subjects, regardless of gender and motivation, identified the prevailing gender leadership style of a good teacher as androgynous, which combines feminine, masculine and gender-neutral qualities. (C) 2021 Published by European Publisher.