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The Devil Wears Pantsuits: Gender and the Exercise of Power

In the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," Meryl Streep's character, the CEO of a major fashion magazine, is nasty, surly, vindictive, impatient and brilliant. She manages by intimidating her necessarily size-four staff, "clacking" with their four inch heels to her every whim. Her male assistant tolerates her fits of temper until he can happily ascend to leadership in his own firm. The question is, "Does she have to manage her staff in that manner? Is being nasty an effective leadership style?"