ABSTRACT
Leadership might be about simply being a good manager; it might take persistence, tough-mindedness, hard work, intelligence, analytical ability, tolerance and goodwill to be a manager. Organizational change is advocated towards the more democratic and participative leadership styles that Eagly and Johnson's analysis of leadership studies shows to be more prevalent among women than men. The continuum does not offer a choice between two styles of leadership, democratic and authoritarian. Tannenbaum. R and W. H. Schmidt present a continuum or range of possible leadership behaviour available to a manager. Sargent advocated that managers of each sex adopt 'the best' of the other sex's qualities to become more effective, androgynous managers. Women who are experienced managers show no differences in leadership abilities from their experienced male. The traditional leadership style to be found in organisations Rosener describes as male and as a command-and-control style.
