Gender Aspect in Leadership: Who is Better in Leading PositionS

This article is devoted to the relevant gender aspects of leadership: who is better in leading positions. The attitude to the term “leader” often stereotypically brings about an image of a dominating man in most people’s mind, even today. However, with changing times gender and leadership efficiency remain rather a debatable topic. Nevertheless, decreasing gender gaps globally raise important questions from managerial, economic and psychological perspectives. Are women’s leadership styles different from men? Can women be effective leaders as men in managing an organization? The purpose of this research is to analyze the gender aspect of leadership and identify characteristics of both male and female leaders in an organization. Even many studies show that there are only differences in leadership, when it comes to gender, several studies show that differences in perception, behavior and strategies may eventually change the functionality of an organization. The given study is based on the comparative analysis of various leadership styles by S. Reinemund and I. Nooyi from the PepsiCo. The findings have shown that women leaders use a more nurturing and participative method of leading an organization by giving more emphasis on communication and developing personal relationships with employees. Whereas, men tend to be more focused on tasks and hierarchy. However, there are no very significant or special effects found on leadership based merely on gender.

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