Gender Perspective on Leadership (in construction industry)
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GENDER
PERSPECTIVE ON
LEADERSHIP IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
SO WHAT IS
LEADERSHIP ?
There are almost as many definitions of
leadership as there are persons who have
attempted to define the concept “ ” Stogdill, 1974
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
MASCULINE PROFESSION
321 COMPANY OWNERS
289 GENERAL MANAGERS
10 BOARD DIRECTORS
13 AUTHORIZED
51.955
EMPLOYEES CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MACEDONIA
4.707
COMPANIES CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MACEDONIA
THE AIM OF THE THESIS
TO INVESTIGATE THE
APPLICATION OF
MCGREGOR’S XY THEORY
OF LEADERSHIP IN THE
MACEDONIAN
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE POSITION
OF WOMEN WITHIN THE INDUSTRY
OR THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE THESIS 1. TO PROVIDE A CRITICAL ASSESMENT OF THE RELEVANT
ACADEMIC LITERATURE ON LEADERSHIP WITH FOCUS ON
MCGREGOR’S XY THEORY
2. TO CONSTRUCT METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH BASED ON
RELEVANT PREVIOUSLY DONE ACADEMIC RESEARCH USING
THE MCGREGOR’S XY THEORY
3. TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AMONG 100 EMPLOYS IN
MACEDONIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
4. TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGERS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
5. TO SUGGEST FUTURE DIRECTIVES FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH
LEADERSHIP IS Complex phenomenon that touches many
organizational, social and personal processes “ Bolden, 2004 ” TRADITIONAL APPROACH Leaders are people who control others.
CONTEMPORARY APPROACH Leaders do control, but also motivate, teach, mentor and lead.
CULTURE
SUBCULTURE
Set of values, norms and customs within a group of people
Race, ethnicity, language, religion, GENDER (Hofstede)
EDWARD HALL’S MODEL
HIGH CONTEXT
LOW CONTEXT
AVOID WORK
AVOID RESPONSIBILITY
NEED MONITORING
LACK OF AMBITION
LACK OF CREATIVITY
DO NOT AVOID WORK
DO NOT AVOID RESPONSIBILITY
HAVE SELF-CONTROLL
HAVE AMBITION
VERY CREATIVE
THEORY X THEORY Y
GENDER PERSPECTIVE
ON LEADERSHIP STEREOTYPES
Leadership positions reserved for males
SOCIETY
Patriarchal oriented
LEADERSHIP
Male characteristics
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP STYLE
Characterized with transformational leadership
MACEDONIAN WOMEN MANAGERS
Positive attitude related with possibilities in their careers.
BARRIERS IN MACEDONIA
• SOCIO ECONOMIC SITUATION
• CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
Don’t focus on being female, you focus on
getting the job done “ ” CHERRI MUSSER, General Motors
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SAMPLES
RESEARCH VIA QUESTIONARE
100
6 SECTORS
SECTORS IN WHICH IS DEVIDED THE QUESTIONARE
XY, IM, TRUST, TI, SATISFACTION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
1 5 FROM TO
THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
TOTALLY DISAGREE TO TOTALLY AGREE
THE METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH LIMITATION ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN MACEDONIA
THE RESULTS
GENDER PERSPECTIVE ON
44%
56%
OF WHICH 13,3% ARE MANAGERS
OF WHICH 8,8% ARE MANAGERS
AGE 30% FROM 20 TO 29 YEARS OLD
30% FROM 30 TO 39 YEARS OLD
61%
COLLEGE
EDUCATION
XY, IM, TI, TRUST AND SATISFACTION
FUTURE STEPS
RECOMMENDATIONS
• EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATION IN DECISION
MAKING
• BETTER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
FOR MANAGERS
FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
• EXPAND RESEARCH IN CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY IN MACEDONIA
• RESEARCH IN WHITE-COLLAR AND BLUE-
COLLAR
THANK YOU