Document Type
Paper Series
Publication Date
6-2002
No.
048-012
Abstract
Women are continuing to make a major impact through their participation in organizations and their ownership of businesses and it is reasonable to assume that the number of women taking up significant roles in society will increase in the future. The growing impact of women in the workforce has kept the leadership style of women on the research agenda. Within the leadership literature, writers lamenting the lack of women in senior management positions do so primarily on the basis that modern organizations need the very style of leadership that comes naturally to women. By contrast, a number of studies have highlighted a generally held negative perception of women as leaders that could account for the dearth of female managers at the top. Against this background, this paper revisits the study of women and leadership given that leadership style remains a central theme in management literature and continues to be viewed as a critical factor in effective organizational performance.
Recommended Citation
Pounder, J. S. (2002). "Do women really make better leaders than men?": An update (HKIBS Working Paper Series 048-012). Retrieved from Lingnan University website: http://commons.ln.edu.hk/hkibswp/34
Comments
HKIBS Working Paper Series 048-012