• DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.129.4.569
Corpus ID: 18355683

Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: a meta-analysis comparing women and men.

@article{Eagly2003TransformationalTA,
  title={Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: a meta-analysis comparing women and men.},
  author={A. Eagly and Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt and Marloes L. van Engen},
  journal={Psychological bulletin},
  year={2003},
  volume={129 4},
  pages={
          569-91
        }
}

A. Eagly, Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt, Marloes L. van Engen

Published 2003

Psychology, Medicine

Psychological bulletin

A meta-analysis of 45 studies of transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles found that female leaders were more transformational than male leaders and also engaged in more of the contingent reward behaviors that are a component of transactional leadership. Male leaders were generally more likely to manifest the other aspects of transactional leadership (active and passive management by exception) and laissez-faire leadership. Although these differences between male and… CONTINUE READING

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