Today, the number of female executives in companies globally is growing, whilst in Sweden the number has decreased over the past five years. During these years, a new generation has started to establish themselves on the labor market, a generation told to have different opinions on what they are looking for in a leader. For that reason, this study aims to examine how different generations of Swedish employees within the private sector value and discuss different leadership styles and leadership behaviors. This study concluded that a stereotypical male leadership style was rated higher by both generations when shown by a male leader than a female leader. The older generation promoted a stereotypical female leadership when shown in a male leader while the younger generation thought that this showed unprofessionalism. Both generations spoke in high regard of the stereotypical female leadership when shown in a female leader. In summary this study contributes with an increased understanding on how the gender of a leader plays a great part in the assessment of their behavior.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-534157 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lyttegård, Wilma, Albertsson, Rebecka |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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