The female higher education administrator was chosen as the subject of study because of the lack of data on women administrators' views of their own leadership behavior and their history of low status. Recent literature on leadership and gender has supported the concept that an effective leader cannot be defined by gender or gender-related traits. The purpose of this study was to determine if men and women who hold administrative positions in postsecondary institutions vary in their self-preceptions of leadership behavior. Four hundred forty-four respondents from two-year colleges in Wisconsin completed self-perception instruments; 320 were male and 115 were female. The data showed that perceptions about leadership style, range, and adaptibility are the same. Also, given that self-perception is closely related to behavior, and that there is no significant difference among the self-perceptions of male and female administrators, it can be hypothesized that there is no significant difference in leader behavior among the male and female administrators that were studied. Knowledge of this similarity in self-perception contributes to breaking down myths about male and female leaders seeing their role as task-oriented or nurturing, respectively. It is vital that more research be undertaken to dispel negative stereotypes that have hindered the progress of women in leadership positions in educational, industrial, political, religious, and business institutions. Fifty-eight references are appended. (GJ)