Men, women and the use of power: is it based on the person or the situation?

Abstract

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Gender and leadership? Leadership and gender? A journey through the landscape of theories

“…Third, and most encouraging, is that this learning may finally steer research away from male versus female issues to effective versus ineffective issues:``These findings support the conclusion that leadership style/ use of power is more of a choice based on an analysis of the situation than an inherent gender predisposition and that leadership style differences, if any, may blur as gendermixed management teams become more common in the workplace'' (Langford et al, 1998).…”