Both myths and theories have, over time, been involved in shaping the importance of what leadership can mean. The depth devoted to leadership, the more complex the concept becomes. Power is also an abstract concept and should be included when studying leadership. Furthermore, several researchers ask the question whether a female leader can be considered without being related to the man. With this as a background, the purpose of the study has been founded, which is to study the beliefs that leaders in a managerial position have about leadership and power. We also want to illustrate whether these performances differ depending on whether the leader in the management position is a man or woman. In order to be able to answer this, the concepts of leadership, power and gender are concretized in the theoretical frame of reference. Furthermore, the previous research focuses on studies carried out with the aim of highlighting gender differences within organizations. The study is based on a qualitative method based on six semi-structured interviews. The results of the study show that there is a context that determines which leadership should prevail and that differences in beliefs about leadership and power exist between male and female leaders in a management position. / Såväl myter som teorier har genom tiden varit med och format betydelsen av vad ledarskap kan innebära. Ju mer fördjupning som ägnas åt ledarskap, desto mer komplex blir begreppet. Makt är även det ett abstrakt begrepp och bör inkluderas när ledarskap studeras. Vidare ställer flertal forskare frågan om en kvinnlig ledare kan beaktas utan att sättas i relation till mannen. Med detta som bakgrund har studiens syfte grundats, vilket är att studera föreställningar som ledare i en chefsposition har kring ledarskap och makt. Vi vill även åskådliggöra om dessa föreställningarna skiljer sig åt beroende på om ledaren i chefspositionen är en man eller kvinna. För att kunna besvara detta konkretiseras begreppen ledarskap, makt och kön i den teoretiska referensramen. Vidare fokuserar den tidigare forskningen på studier som utförts i syfte att belysa könsskillnader inom organisationer. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ metod som bygger på sex stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer. Studiens resultat visar på att det är kontext som bestämmer vilket ledarskap som skall råda samt att skiljaktigheter i föreställningar om ledarskap och makt finns mellan manliga- och kvinnliga ledare i en chefsposition.

Two categories of sex are considered to not be enough and the use of a masculine pronoun in cases where gender is unknown is said to increase the gaps instead of bringing them together when it comes to gender equality. In 2015, the new word ze (in swedish: hen) was added to the Swedish Academic Glossary and since then the opinions regarding the linguistic change have gone apart. This study aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the gender neutral pronouns ze, the attitudes to and the use of the word in the Swedish language and society. Through a quantitative study with a survey as a method; 226 questionnaires were collected. Then they were analyzed based on the theoretical framework based on a sociolinguistic perspective and queertheory that focuses on normality and deviation. The results from the study show that more than half of the respondents have a positive attitude towards ze. It is primarily in writing that the gender neutral pronoun is used; almost half of the respondents state that they prefer the word in writing situations. Language usage in general affects a persons attitude to the word ze, the more linguistic change someone has accepted, the more likely it is that they start using a future one. The conclusion is that linguistic changes take time, but despite that, ze have been established in the Swedish language and society as a gender neutral pronoun but not as a third gender category.