Women′s vs. men′s leadership abilities

STUDENTA VLAD CLAUDIA

GRUPA 8103

PROFESOR COORDONATORFRUMUSELU MIHAI

FACULTATEA DE MANAGEMENT , INGINERIE ECONOMICA IN AGRICULTURA SI DEZVOLTARE RURALA

Until recently , leadership positions have predominantly been held by men who were therefore stereotyped to be more effective leaders.

However , the current research shows that women are becoming more prevalent in the workforce over the past two decades , especially in management and

leadership positions.

Women believe that perceptions or stereotypes of their leadership aptitude remain largely unchanged.They claim that negative and misleading stereotypes about their leadership ability persist and commonly results in discrimination.

The masculine stereotypes portray men as being naturally endowed with the necessary qualities for leadership.Evidence suggests that women are not so fortunate. Studies show that in many countries around the world, stereotypically feminine qualities are generally not the qualities that come to mind when people think of successful leaders.Women exhibiting the same behaviors as men are judged less favorably than men.

Corporations today face an alarming gender gap in leadership.Countless stories in the popular press reinforce misperceptions of women leaders by speculating about how they are different from men. These stories ″sell″ because they resonate with popular beliefs about women and men.As a result , they often create false perceptions that women leaders just don t measure up to men in important ways.′

Male leaders have weaker skills than they think. Men tend to focus on execution and neglect the people side of the business.Many of us tend to believe that men are born to rule the world but behind every successful man is a strong woman.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianbailey/2014/07/23/who-makes-a-better-leader-a-man-or-a-woman/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_leadershiphttp://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/mgr-12-1-25.pdf