Leadership and gender: analysis of conceptual divergences and their effects in feminist theory and practice

Abstract

Since women have been incorporating to decision-making positions, there has been an increasing interest in their behavior at organizational and group level, as well as the efficiency in their function development and, above all, its possible differences with predominant male roles. My goal in this article is to show some of the concepts derived from these researches and focus on the mutual and constant influence between feminism and academicism (especially in relation to leadership, women empowerment, glass ceiling and leaking pipe), the divergences emerged between psychological and feminist studies and, finally, its final incidence in current feminist practices.