LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF ... - Drake University

Mean scores were compiled for each leadership style relative to
gender. The results, reflected in Table 16 indicate that the mean female
scores were higher for both transformational (3.39) and transactional
(2.53) leadership scores relative to their male counterparts (3.1 8 and 2.36
respectively). Female mean scores were lower than male mean scores
for passive-avoidant leadership styles. Additionally females' mean
outcome scores, noted in Table 17, for extra effort (3.32), effectiveness
(3.67) and satisfaction (3.66) were higher than their male counterparts in
all three areas (3.08, 3.44, and 3.35 respectively).
Gender differences were measured relative to leadership style
using an independent-sample T test. Those results suggested that equal
variances can not be assumed between leadership style and gender.
Females CEOs had statistically significant higher transformational means
than male CEOs (p = .023,