Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: a meta-analysis comparing women and men.
Transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership styles: a meta-analysis comparing women and men.
A. Eagly,Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt,M. V. van Engen
2003 · DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.4.569
Psychological bulletin · 2,583 Citations
TLDR
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.