Organization Development and Effectiveness: Essential Female Leadership Competencies for Industry 4.0 Transformation

Autor: Szufang Chuang, Barbara Eversole
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Advancing Women in Leadership Journal. 41:37-49
ISSN: 1093-7099
DOI: 10.21423/awlj-v41.a411
Popis: This paper summarizes and synthesizes research evidence on different women leadership characteristics and behaviors from men and identifies essential female leadership competencies that are necessary to address the new challenges of today’s workplace and the paradigm shifts for female leaders to remain competitive in Industry 4.0. Recent neuroscience and social science research findings regarding women’s leadership characteristics and behaviors were reviewed and discussed. Critical leadership traits, abilities, and skills for (international) business success were studied. Six essential female leadership skill sets for Industry 4.0 were then proposed to provide human resource development practitioners a strategic framework that will be necessary for women leadership development and to promote gender equality in the workplace. Some feminine traits can be women’s leadership strengths such as sensing, listening, accepting, approaching, collaborating, supporting, and encouraging skills. Finally, implications for human resource development and recommendations for future research were provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE