Gender perception on leadership style: Case of Albania
Author | Irma Gjana |
Position | Epoka University, Tirana, Albania |
Pages | 160-171 |
Vol. 4 No. 2
June, 2020
European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences
IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria
ISSN 2519-1284
Acces online at www.iipccl.org
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Gender perception on leadership style: Case of Albania
Irma Gjana
EpokaUniversityTiranaAlbania
Abstract
Leadership leadership style and gender leadership relation topics have aracted the
aention of scholars throughout human history This research paper investigates the
perceptiondierences ofleadership stylebetween gendersThe testingof ourhypothesisis
donethrough thegathering ofdata usingleadershipstyle questionnaireNorthouse
Thesurveywasdistributedto stamembersoftwobiggest privatehospitalsinAlbania
Parametric and nonparametric tests were conducted Despite the dierence between the
institutionswheretheresearchisconductedtheresults indicatethatthereexistsadierence
in perception of leadership style between genders. The results of this research contribute to
the understanding of leadership style perception through genders, helping practitioners to
comprehenddierencesandtakeactionaccordingly
Keywords: LeadershipstylegenderprivatehospitalsAlbania
Introduction
WiththerapidchangestakingplaceinhumanlifealmostnothingisthesameDierent
impacting factors, such as technological and sciencedevelopment, globalization, free
movement of people, climate change, etc., are some important shaping mile stones
of our life. The time factor is fundamental in the understanding of the evolution of
termsandtheories ofleader and leadershipDa Yulk Hickman
andNorthouseAlthoughthetremendouschangestheonlythingthatremains
stableis thethirstto beerunderstand theinternaland externalforces thatimpact
these terms. Taking into consideration that leadership is very important for the
eectivefunctioningofallmanagementprocessesLazaroiuPfajfaretal
the understanding in detail of leadership together with all the aecting factors is
crucial. There is a lot of research work on leadership and leadership style, but fewer
arethoseexplaininggenderperceptiondierencesonleadershipstyle
Theobjectiveof thispaperisto empiricallyexaminetheleadership styleinthetwo
biggestprivatehospitalsinAlbaniaAerconcludingwiththe perceivedleadership
style measured by leadership style questionnaire Northouse we seek to
identifyifthereisa dierencebetweengendersintheperceivedstyleofleadership
Ourresults arebased ondatacollected fromthe medicaland nonmedicalsta of
the American Hospital and International Hospital Hygeia, in Albania. Health and
healthcaresectorareofnodoubtveryimportantissuesineverycountryseconomic
andpolitical eldThe increasingof thelife spanand thedecreasing ofbirth rates
arepushingthe governmentstoallocatesignicant portionofcountrysGDPtothe
healthcare sectorA circular relationship exists between a strong economy and a
strong healthcare system. Investing on the healthcare is a direct investment on the
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