Gender differences in implementing organizational change in Romania's central public administration

Profiroiu, Constantin M. (author), Profiroiu, Alina G. (author), Nastacǎ, Corina C. (author)

The present study analyses the gender differences in implementing organizational change in Romania's central public administration, from a subordinates' perspective, in order to establish whether female leaders are more likely to adopt change in comparison to their male counterparts. The research methodology consists of an opinion survey conducted in the central public administration of Romania based on a questionnaire. The study reveals that female leaders are perceived in a positive, yet not in a better manner than men. They are considered transformational leaders capable of involvement in the process of organizational change of public institutions. There are no significant differences between the perceptions of men and women as leaders, although almost all the differences are in favour of men. The study shows a strong correlation between transformational leadership and leaders' capacity of implementing the management of change, the relationship being stronger in the case of female leaders who should continue to strengthen transformational behaviours.

• Language: English
• Keywords: female leaders, female leadership advantage, organizational change, transformational leadership
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FU - Faculty of Administration
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 9-40
• Numbering: Vol. 19, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128547
• UDC: 35:316.367(498)
• ISSN on article: 2591-2240
• DOI: 10.17573/cepar.2021.1.01
• COBISS.SI-ID: 67551491

Note

Povzetek v slov. jeziku se nahaja na koncu revije, na str. 283.

• Publication date in RUL: 19.07.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Central European public administration review
• Publisher: Fakulteta za upravo
• ISSN: 2591-2240
• COBISS.SI-ID: 293849600

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 12.04.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Razlike med spoloma pri izvajanju organizacijskih sprememb v romunski javni upravi

Abstract

Članek analizira razlike med spoloma pri izvajanju organizacijskih sprememb v romunski javni upravi iz vidika podrejenih in skuša ugotoviti, ali so ženske na vodstvenih položajih bolj naklonjene spremembam kot njihovi moški kolegi. Študija temelji na raziskavi mnenja, izvedeni v okviru romunske javne uprave s pomočjo vprašalnika. Rezultati kažejo, da podrejeni ženske na vodstvenih položajih dojemajo pozitivno, ne pa tudi bolje kot moške. Ženske vsekakor veljajo za naklonjene spremembam in predvsem sposobne prispevati k organizacijskim spremembam v javnih inštitucijah. Med podrejenimi ni zaznati pomembnejših razlik glede tega, kako dojemajo vodje enega ali drugega spola, so pa razlike običajno v prid moškim. Študija kaže močno povezavo med transformacijskim vodenjem in sposobnostjo za izvedbo sprememb, ki je med ženskami še bolj očitna. Slednje bi zato morale še naprej krepiti transformacijsko vedenje.

• Keywords: ženske na vodstvenih položajih, prednost žensk na vodstvenih položajih, organizacijske spremembe, transformacijsko vodenje

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS - UEFISCDI
• Project number: PN-III-P4-ID-PC-CF-2016-0166
• Name: Advancing groundbreaking research in regional growth and development theories, through a resilience approach: towards a convergent, balanced and sustainable European Union
• Acronym: ReGrowEU