Description du projet
La force du leadership féminin
Les femmes cadres présentant un haut niveau d’éducation et de qualification font d’excellentes dirigeantes. En dépit de cela, malgré les efforts consentis par les institutions telles que les Nations unies et la Commission européenne, les femmes demeurent nettement sous-représentées aux postes de direction. Comprendre l’importance de ces compétences interpersonnelles de leadership pourrait changer cet état de fait. Le projet, WOMLEAD, financé par l’UE, entend mener des recherches sur les avantages qu’offrent les femmes en ce qui concerne les compétences de leadership commercial. Il étudiera le rôle des compétences non techniques dans le cadre de services clients de plus en plus nombreux, les résultats positifs du «leadership-serviteur» et les valeurs altruistes favorisant la croissance et le bien-être des entreprises. Le leadership féminin sera renforcé grâce à la diffusion à grande échelle des conclusions de la recherche, l’organisation de séminaires à l’intention des entreprises et la mise en place du Centre pour le leadership féminin à l’Université de Séville.
Objectif
The lack of women in leadership is a concern raised by several multinational organizations including the UN and the European Commission. Research suggests that women’s underrepresentation is partly attributable to stereotypes regarding female leaders. Despite the persistence of these stereotypes, leadership scholars have shown that women are in fact, more skilled than men at almost all attributes that distinguish excellent leaders from average/poor ones. In an effort to lessen the gender gap in leadership, the current project seeks to solidify “the business case” for increased women in leadership, by developing and testing hypotheses to demonstrate that women’s leadership advantages result in increased customer service. Based on research on servant leadership, which focuses on altruistic values that engage followers in relational and emotional dimensions, so they are empowered to grow, I propose that servant leadership will positively relate to subordinates’ soft skill development and that this relationship will be stronger among female leaders. Further, given the research linking soft skills to customer service, I propose that subordinates’ soft skill training will mediate the relationship between servant leadership and customer service. While I will publish theoretical and empirical studies based on this research in scholarly journals, a distinctive feature of the proposal is dissemination to non-academic stakeholders. I plan to lead seminars in the business community to share the practical implications of my findings. The pinnacle of my communication efforts will be creating a Women’s Leadership Centre at USE that I will lead after the fellowship period. To prepare myself, I will carry out a secondment at an academic institution that has a diversity centre and at a non-academic organization focused on gender equality, to acquire knowledge about the pressing research issues facing European working women and to learn how to develop and sustain the centre at USE.
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MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panelCoordinateur
41004 Sevilla
Espagne