Should female students develop a transformational leadership in the future?
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Should female students develop a transformational leadership in the future?Data de publicació
2017-03-06Editor
International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED)ISBN
9788461784912Cita bibliogràfica
AGUT NIETO, Sonia; LOZANO NOMDEDEU, Francisco Alejandro; PERIS PICHASTOR, Rosana (2017). Should female students develop a transformational leadership in the future? Comunicnal conación presentada en "11th International Technology, Education and Development Conference", 6/3/2017, Valencia (Spain)", p. 136-143Tipus de document
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Women have incorporated into the labour market and also at all levels of the educational system in a
massive way, particularly since the second half of the 20th century. However, from a transversal
perspective, the ... [+]
Women have incorporated into the labour market and also at all levels of the educational system in a
massive way, particularly since the second half of the 20th century. However, from a transversal
perspective, the situation of women is not similar to that of men. The reality is that women meet many
barriers to fully develop a career that allows them to occupy positions of high responsibility. After being
subject to stricter standards for promotion, they are still underrepresented in top management
positions, because there is a so-called glass ceiling that prevents them to get up there. This leads
them to remain stagnant in middle responsibility roles, which are below their potential. Moreover, when
women climb to upper management jobs, they still face another form of discrimination, because they
are often appointed to positions that are more precarious and associated with a higher risk of failure
than those occupied by men. Gender stereotypes and the perceived incongruity between the female
role and leadership roles (i.e., think manager-think male) are the main mechanisms that help us to
understand these phenomena. However, new demands on organizations are producing changes in
the definition of what a good leader. It seems that nowadays a good leader should be more focused
on people, be less agentic and more communal. Order and control are valued less, while know to how
to communicate, listen, teach, and encourage are appreciated much more. Those elements are closer
to the transformational leadership qualities, that the qualities of the traditional leader. Particularly,
transformational leader enhances the motivation, morale, and performance of followers through a
variety of mechanisms. Transformational leadership encompasses four dimensions, that is,
individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation, and idealized Influence. It
is considered in general androgynous (i.e., masculine and feminine) or even slightly feminine.
Therefore, despite the female university students finish their degrees and post degrees with excellent
grades, even better than their male peers, when they are incorporated into the labour market and wish
to promote to management positions, they should bet on this kind of leadership. In fact, empirical
evidence suggests that female leaders are more transformational than male leaders. On the basis of a
review of the most recent studies on the topic, the aim of this paper is to analyse the implications of
transformational leadership for current female university students who may be the future leaders in the
medium to long term. [-]
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