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Are women better leaders than men
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In this paper, the authors examine some of the reasons women remain underrepresented at the top of organizations, despite developments in management thinking that appear to reward areas where women traditionally excel.Abstract:
Purpose – Examines some of the reasons women remain under-represented at the top of organizations, despite developments in management thinking that appear to reward areas where women traditionally excel. Design/methodology/approach – Looks at some of the research into leadership skills and draws conclusions regarding the paucity of women in management. Findings – Considers some of the obstacles to women becoming managers to be: the attitudes of male managers, the lack of suitable role models for women, women’s reticence to network, and lack of confidence. Practical implications – Urges organizations to work harder to reduce the significance of these obstacles. Social implications – Shows how organizations – and through them society as a whole – would benefit from having more women in top jobs. Originality/value – Argues that having more women in leadership positions – that is, more positive role models – would help to give women more confidence in their ability to be great leaders and would encourage more...read more
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Women and Leadership: Selection, Development, Leadership Style, and Performance
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Transformational and Transactional Leadership: An Exploration of Gender, Experience, and Institution Type.
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The Lehman Sisters hypothesis
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Transformational and transactional leadership: a meta-analytic test of their relative validity.
TL;DR: This study provided a comprehensive examination of the full range of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership, revealing an overall validity of .44 for transformational leadership and this validity generalized over longitudinal and multisource designs.
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The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence
Alice H. Eagly,Linda L. Carli +1 more
TL;DR: This article argued that women have some advantages in typical leadership style but suffer some disadvantages from prejudicial evaluations of their competence as leaders, especially in masculine organizational contexts, and pointed out that women are more likely than men to lead in a style that is effective under contemporary conditions.
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Female leadership advantage and disadvantage: Resolving the contradictions
TL;DR: In the United States, women are increasingly praised for having excellent skills for leadership and, in fact, women, more than men, manifest leadership styles associated with effective performance as leaders as mentioned in this paper.
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Investigating the “Glass Ceiling” Phenomenon: An Empirical Study of Actual Promotions to Top Management
TL;DR: Although a "glass ceiling" is said to keep women from the top management levels of organizations, no research has investigated actual decisions about promotions to such positions as mentioned in this paper, and no study examin...
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Project management: different gender, different culture?
Susan Cartwright,Andrew W Gale +1 more
TL;DR: This article argued that gender, as a dimension of organizational culture, is a factor responsible for the limited participation of women in project management and proposed an agenda for future research in this area.
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