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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN LEADERSHIP
SUSANA HERNANDEZ
AMERICAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
BUS224
FINAL TERM PAPER
December 15, 2015
MR. KEITH NORDMANN
GENDER DIFFERNCES IN LEADERSHIP
Why is it too controversial to talk about gender differences in leadership? What is leadership? Does it matter what gender does it best? Do we really know what gender does it best when it comes to leadership? There are many questions when it comes gender differences in leadership. For example, I am more concerned rather than with why than with who. I am also debating the fact that, if both genders are capable of being leaders, why is there such controversy with this topic, after having passed so many milestones throughout the years? Which brings me to my first point of my term paper.
In many areas of society, men have long dominated leadership positions. This dominance was especially apparent in business, where female members of boards of directors and corporate executives had been scarce. Over the past three decades, however, women have entered more leadership positions throughout industry. The trend has provided an opportunity to examine differences in how men and women perform in the role of leaders.
Research reveals small but significant differences in the way men and women are perceived in leadership roles, their effectiveness in such positions, and their leadership styles. Studies conducted in the 1980s and early 1990s found that women adopt participative styles of leadership and were more often transformational leaders than men, who more commonly adopted directive, transactional styles. Women in management positions tend to demonstrate the importance of communication, cooperation, affiliation, and nurturing more than do men in the same positions. The studies also showed men as more goal- and task-oriented and less relationship- and process-focused than women.
Second, evaluating an employee’s leadership skills, such as team building, financial acumen, project management...
SUSANA HERNANDEZ
AMERICAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
BUS224
FINAL TERM PAPER
December 15, 2015
MR. KEITH NORDMANN
GENDER DIFFERNCES IN LEADERSHIP
Why is it too controversial to talk about gender differences in leadership? What is leadership? Does it matter what gender does it best? Do we really know what gender does it best when it comes to leadership? There are many questions when it comes gender differences in leadership. For example, I am more concerned rather than with why than with who. I am also debating the fact that, if both genders are capable of being leaders, why is there such controversy with this topic, after having passed so many milestones throughout the years? Which brings me to my first point of my term paper.
In many areas of society, men have long dominated leadership positions. This dominance was especially apparent in business, where female members of boards of directors and corporate executives had been scarce. Over the past three decades, however, women have entered more leadership positions throughout industry. The trend has provided an opportunity to examine differences in how men and women perform in the role of leaders.
Research reveals small but significant differences in the way men and women are perceived in leadership roles, their effectiveness in such positions, and their leadership styles. Studies conducted in the 1980s and early 1990s found that women adopt participative styles of leadership and were more often transformational leaders than men, who more commonly adopted directive, transactional styles. Women in management positions tend to demonstrate the importance of communication, cooperation, affiliation, and nurturing more than do men in the same positions. The studies also showed men as more goal- and task-oriented and less relationship- and process-focused than women.
Second, evaluating an employee’s leadership skills, such as team building, financial acumen, project management...