Women in Business Leadership

Săseanu Andreea Simona () and Toma Sorin George ()
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Săseanu Andreea Simona: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Toma Sorin George: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2018, vol. XVIII, issue 1, 388-393

Abstract: Along time, it was considered that women lack leadership qualities. Nowadays, gender diversityin the business environment and, especially, in the top management has become an increasinglydiscussed and analyzed topic, especially in the Western countries. Among those who were concerned about this border between female and male leadership, Hofstede- who, in his attempt to identify specific aspects of organizational culture, defined masculinitybased on the more arrogant or more modest behavior of the individuals. According to him,"masculine" means a proud behavior having the tendency of showing self-inner qualities while"feminine" is a modest, temperamental behavior. Masculinity does not necessarily mean women's disadvantage, but rather the inequality betweenwomen and men. Although efforts have been made to diminish these gaps, statistics show that thereare still differences in the leading position employment for women, as compared to the number ofmen in leadership positions.

Keywords: female leadership; business; leading; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J28 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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