Study of the Leadership Styles Considering Gender Differences

Abstract

This work presents gender differences within the Blake and Mouton (2000) model. The scenario is the labor market in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte (Brazil), where equally female and male leadership styles are compared. This is a research field of quantitative character (survey), of 102 executives, both men and women. The results indicate that the female leadership style is similar to the male. Both have the dominant style of the Country Club, which is characterized by careful attention to the needs of the subordinates, and a strong emphasis on people. However, women have as subdominant style guidance for staff, where predominates the balance between concern for production and people, while men interact in the impoverished style, with low concern for production and people. Search results recommend new agenda addressing impacts of cultural values in the style of female leadership.