2015, Number 2
Managing styles in health from a gender perspective in Cuba
Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 290-297
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: the study of differences in the leadership styles according to gender has aroused growing interest in research work at present.Objective: to characterize the managing styles in leaders from a gender perspective.
Methods: descriptive and cross-sectional research work was conducted by using literature review and the aplication of quizzes to 56 polyclinics and hospitals directors from Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey and Pinar del Rio Provinces. The quantitativei nformation was summarized in absolute frequencies and percentages.
Results: sixty one percent of women considered that they had a paternalist style whereas 48,0 % believed that this kind of style is attributable to them and another percentage attributed it to women but with no statistical differences. The features of bossy style are attributable to men by 85.7 % of participants. Over 83.9 % of female managers regard themselves as more democratic, charismatic with great capacity to listen to anybody and males agreed with these criteria in 80.6 % of cases. Half of males stated that men like transformation more than women, but the criteria are not accepted by females.
Conclusions: the results did not show significant differences that allow us to affirm the existence of different managing styles in men and females; however, there is growing tendency in women to implement more participatory working methods than men, being the later more prone to consult other people but they ultimately make the final decisions.
REFERENCES
Cuadrado I, Molero F, Navas M. El liderazgo de hombres y mujeres: diferencias en estilos de liderazgo, relaciones entre estilos y predictores de variables de resultado organizacional. 2003 [citado 16 Sept 2014]. Disponible en: http://www.uned.es/dptopsicologia- social-yrganizaciones/ paginas/profesores/WebIsabel/ac%20psiclo%201.pdf
Cuadrado I, Molero F, Navas M. El liderazgo de hombres y mujeres: diferencias en estilos de liderazgo, relaciones entre estilos y predictores de variables de resultado organizacional. 2003 [citado 16 May 2014]. Disponible en: http://www.uned.es/dptopsicologia- social-y-organizaciones/paginas/profesores/WebIsabel/ac%20psiclo%201.pdf