Cultural Values and Anticipations of Female Leadership Styles

Although the status of women in general has
gradually improved in education, employment and
leadership over the years, the big picture for women
is still disheartening, and female leadership in
higher positions is disproportionately represented.
To address this issue for more satisfactory gender
equality, this study undertakes a comparative
quantitative and qualitative study of female
leadership in non-profit organizations in the East
and the West by exploring the relationships between
the Rotary Club members cultural values and their
anticipated female leadership styles in Taiwan and
the United States. Specifically, this study will
provide more academic perspectives on female
leadership in cross-cultural studies, strive to
overcome conceptual and methodological biases in
current leadership research, contribute to research
on leadership behaviors in non-profit organizations,
apply academic knowledge to female leadership
practices, and raise individual consciousness of the
benefit of female leadership.

Autorentext

Chin-Chung Chao, Ph.D. Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Bowling Green State UniversitySpecializations in Organizational Communication, Leadership, and Interpersonal Communication; Secondary Areas of Specializations in Intercultural Communication and Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods.

Klappentext

Although the status of women in general has gradually improved in education, employment and leadership over the years, the big picture for women is still disheartening, and female leadership in higher positions is disproportionately represented. To address this issue for more satisfactory gender equality, this study undertakes a comparative quantitative and qualitative study of female leadership in non-profit organizations in the East and the West by exploring the relationships between the Rotary Club members' cultural values and their anticipated female leadership styles in Taiwan and the United States. Specifically, this study will provide more academic perspectives on female leadership in cross-cultural studies, strive to overcome conceptual and methodological biases in current leadership research, contribute to research on leadership behaviors in non-profit organizations, apply academic knowledge to female leadership practices, and raise individual consciousness of the benefit of female leadership.