Det moderna ledarskapet : En kvalitativ studie om medarbetares uppfattning av virtuellt ledarskap ur ett genusperspektiv

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference between the employee's experience in virtual leadership -  in relation to female and male leadership. Distance work has existed before. But since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, distance work has become a world-famous way of working. In turn, this places higher demands on the manager's ability to guide the organization in the right direction, while maintaining the same commitment of employees. In Sweden, the number of male managers is significantly more than female managers, but according to a recently made survey, female managers perform better than male managers when distance work leading. Therefore, it is necessary to study how leadership differs by gender. We used semi-structured interviews as a method and interviewed four respondents to take part in their views on virtual leadership. The respondents are active in various industries. Two of them are women, one with a male manager, and the other with a female manager. The other two respondents are men, one with a male manager and the other with a female manager. We concluded that female managers exercise transformational leadership from a distance, while male managers exercise transactional leadership from a distance. Female managers are more committed to the personal development of their employees, are more communicative and have made greater contributions to establishing a good work culture in which everyone can participate