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The Role of Female Leaders in Change Management of Public Organizations
The Role of Female Leaders in Change Management of Public Organizations

Author(s): Constantin Marius Profiroiu, Corina Cristiana Nastacă
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Civil Society, Public Administration, Sociology
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: leadership; management of change; female leaders; city halls; public administration;

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary organizations need leaders who possess feminine characteristics, like: motivation, concern for others, team work and a consensus style of management. From this perspective, in an environment which is continuously changing, it is considered that women became more suited for leadership positions than men are, and the impact of gender over leadership became a subject which should be analyzed from the management of change perspective. This paper studies the role of female leaders in management of change in order to discover if the public organizations, such as city halls, led by female leaders are more opened towards change. The main objective of the paper is the analysis of female leaders’ role in management of change in the city halls of Romania. The research methodology consists of documents analysis method. The study analyses the situation from several city halls led by female mayors, in order to establish the amount of change projects developed and if female leaders are adopting more efficient and rapidly, the process of change. The result of the study should reveal a different perspective concerning female leaders in the context of organizational changes in public administration.

  • Issue Year: 13/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 4-18
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English