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Women in Business Leadership

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  • Săseanu Andreea Simona

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Toma Sorin George

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

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.

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  • Săseanu Andreea Simona & Toma Sorin George, 2018. "Women in Business Leadership," Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, Ovidius University of Constantza, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 0(1), pages 388-393, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ovi:oviste:v:xviii:y:2018:i:1:p:388-393
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    Keywords

    female leadership; business; leading; inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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