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Gender, context and leadership styles: A field study
Author(s) -
Engen Marloes L.,
Leeden Rien,
Willemsen Tineke M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317901167532
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , psychology , leadership style , social psychology , affect (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , transactional leadership , organizational behavior , field (mathematics) , applied psychology , communication , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
In a field study in department stores it was investigated whether the gender‐typing of the organizational context influences leadership behaviour of male and female managers. Shop assistants in masculine‐ to feminine‐typed departments described their manager in terms of task‐oriented, people‐oriented, and transformational leadership styles. As predicted, no gender differences in leadership styles were found. The gender‐typing of departments did not affect perceived leadership styles. Another contextual variable, the site of the department store, unexpectedly influenced leader behaviour.