Jordanian women's leadership styles in the lens of their masculinity-femininity value orientation

This study adopts a gender approach to investigate the interaction between women’s cultural values and their leadership style. Utilizing Hofstede’s masculinity-femininity dimension, the study explores the perceptions of 115 Jordanian women managers on their task-people style of leadership. The hypotheses were created on the notion that because women possess feminine traits they adopt “people” more than “task” leadership orientation. Results revealed that Jordanian women embrace masculinity more than femininity values and employ people as well as task leadership orientation. The topic warrants investigation as there is a lack of studies that explore gender issues in Arab societies from a cultural perspective. Recommendations with practical and organizational implications and research limitations are discussed and presented.