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Gender Differences in Leadership Styles as a Function of Leader and Subordinates' Sex and Type of Organization
Author(s) -
Cuadrado Isabel,
Navas Marisol,
Molero Fernando,
Ferrer Emilio,
Morales J. Francisco
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00974.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , leadership style , autocracy , negotiation , sample (material) , political science , chemistry , chromatography , politics , law , democracy
The main purpose of this study is to investigate gender differences in leadership styles and in organizational outcome variables, together with the influence of organizational/contextual variables on leadership styles in female and male participants in S pain. The sample comprised 226 participants (35 leaders and 191 subordinates) belonging to 35 work teams. The general findings show that only 2 of the 10 tested leadership styles are different for female and male leaders. Specifically, subordinates rate female leaders as more autocratic and negotiating than men, and this evaluation varies according to the subordinates' sex. We also found that some differences in the rating of female and male leaders depend on whether the organization is stereotypically feminine or masculine.