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January 1, 2026Open Access

Leadership Styles in the Hotel Industry: Comparison Between Female and Male Managers in Croatia

Lorena Dadić Fruk Karla Kovačić Helga Maškarin Ribarić

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Key Points

The study aims to identify gender differences in leadership orientation and styles among hotel managers in Croatia.
Online survey conducted among hotel managers in Croatia.
Utilized validated scales to measure leadership orientation and styles.
Examined styles including autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, transactional, and transformational.
Women show higher use of transformational leadership characteristics (empowerment, mentoring).
Men are more inclined towards autocratic practices and task-oriented leadership.
Differences are notably pronounced in transformational and autocratic frameworks.

Implication

Online survey compares leadership styles by gender in Croatia’s hotel sector, suggesting implications for development.

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Fruk et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a211763d499ed480b1703bf https://doi.org/10.46672/aet.12.1.1

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