Does Gender Influence Leadership Styles? A View from the U.S. Nonprofit Sector

This study explores the predominant leadership styles of nonprofit executives to determine if gender informs their leadership style choices. The authors analyzed over 4,000 pages of transcribed interviews with 137 nonprofit executives. Nonprofit executives identified their predominant leadership sty...

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Published inPublic organization review Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1505 - 1520
Main Authors Boyer, Eric J., Reid, Rebecca, Patton, Dana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Economic Policy
Employment
Executives
Gender differences
Gender identity
Leadership
Management
Nonprofit organizations
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Public Administration
Public Finance
Sex roles
Women
Young adults
Leadership
Role Congruity
Nonprofit Management
Gender
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Summary:This study explores the predominant leadership styles of nonprofit executives to determine if gender informs their leadership style choices. The authors analyzed over 4,000 pages of transcribed interviews with 137 nonprofit executives. Nonprofit executives identified their predominant leadership styles with approaches categorized in the “feminine” domain of the gendered leadership framework. Although individual differences in leadership styles were explained in part by gender, leaders were most likely to adopt configurations of styles that blend gendered domains of leadership. The results indicate the nonprofit sector is one where gender is less determinative of leadership styles than in other employment sectors.
ISSN:1566-7170
1573-7098
DOI:10.1007/s11115-022-00669-y