A Comparative Analysis on Sexual Difference of Leaderships in Korea's Central Government Organizations

Abstract

This study analyzes the managerial skills, competencies, and types of leaders who are in managerial positions of Korea's central government organizations. Especially, it focuses on comparing two groups of male and female leaders with regard to the strength, discrepancy, and congruence of their leadership. Out of the total of 400 questionnaires distributed to 40 departments of the organizations, 339 were returned, representing a response rate of 84.7%. 306(162 for male-leader group, 144 for female-leader group) were used for analysis after discarding spoilt questionnaires. The responses were assessed using Cameron & Quinn's Management Skills Assessment Instrument(MSAI) based on Competing Values Model. The results can be summarized as follows: First, male leaderships are higher than female in the strength of four types and most managerial competencies. Second, female show greater discrepancies than male in both leadership types and managerial competencies. Third, male and female leaders are congruent in both current and preferred leaderships, although whether each leadership type is congruent or not is slightly different between the two groups.