Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
styles than men, with male leaders showing more task-oriented and autocratic
styles.
Male and female leaders’ task versus relations styles did not differ was
actually consistent with the prevailing thinking of leadership scholars about what
it takes to be a successful leader. Regardless of their sex, the best leaders were
characterized at the time as those who integrated their task and relations
2. Do you agree that women is more of a transformational leader than men? Why?
Yes. It seems that women might have some slight advantage over men in
have achieved gains in middle level positions of leadership, there is still a glass
ceiling that makes it more difficult for women to reach the top-level leadership
(Brenner & Bromer, 1981; Kruse & Wintermantel, 1986). They were
her 40-year-old male counterpart who was another rising star in the
organization
evidence to support this notion that the requirements of the leadership role
leadership?
developing and raising the awareness of their followers about the importance of