This makes me wonder if anything a women does is ever enough in the workplace. I sometimes feel that when women take charge they are seen as controlling rather than being leaders. There were a few articles that stated that a big reason for these stereotypes are created by women themselves because they are not confident enough about their leadership abilities.
The article below addressed different ways of why women are seen as taking care and men taking charge. Like discussed before, women are more nurturing then men and are more focused on getting along then getting ahead. Do you think that we, as women, don't know how to balance getting along while being in charge and getting ahead?
I believe that women are just as capable of being nurturing as well as holding a more demanding role in leadership. There are many different articles that focus on women and men in leadership roles, and I believe that they all have different viewpoints and ideas on how leadership should be accessed. This does not mean there is one or two ways that are 100% right. I do think that women have more caring way of leadership, but are capable of holding a stronger leadership role than they get credit for.
ReplyDelete-Lauren Mowers
I agree with Lauren's comment above. Women are definitely percieved as being more nurturing then controlling but it really isn't the case anymore. The book also mentions that women are more likely to practice transformational leadership than men, which means that women seem to have metter motivation skills than men. I think in today's society women are looked at as "nurturing" less and less then they were before. Although there are still a lot more men with leadership roles than women, times are changing and women will these numbers rise.
ReplyDeleteJack Kalita