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What style of leadership do women in STEMM fields perform? Findings from an international survey

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  • Meredith Nash
  • Amanda Davies
  • Robyn Moore

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It is widely acknowledged that women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) fields are underrepresented in leadership globally. However, little is known about how leadership styles of women in STEMM relate to this underrepresentation. This article discusses findings from a survey examining how 61 women in STEMM define leadership and describe their own leadership styles. Using content analysis and drawing on Full Range Leadership Model factors, findings suggest that women define leadership and describe their own leadership styles using transformational factors. However, there was no consistency in how participants defined ideal leadership or how they defined their own leadership styles. This finding unsettles ideas of distinctly gendered leadership styles. We argue that expectations that leadership will be performed in distinctly gendered styles may be contributing to the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles in STEMM.

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  • Meredith Nash & Amanda Davies & Robyn Moore, 2017. "What style of leadership do women in STEMM fields perform? Findings from an international survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(10), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0185727
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185727
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    1. Meredith Nash & Hanne E F Nielsen & Justine Shaw & Matt King & Mary-Anne Lea & Narissa Bax, 2019. "“Antarctica just has this hero factor…”: Gendered barriers to Australian Antarctic research and remote fieldwork," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(1), pages 1-22, January.
    2. Meredith Nash & Robyn Moore, 2018. "Exploring Methodological Challenges of Using Participant-Produced Digital Video Diaries in Antarctica," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 23(3), pages 589-605, September.

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