내러티브 탐구를 통해 본 여성리더의 리더십 형성과정에 관한 연구

초록

Since woman leaders are well known to have more advantages than man when it comes to caring, embracing, empowering, affectionate characteristics, developing woman leaders has become one of the most important factors for organizations to survive in this rapidly changing environment. Organizations are expected to work with more women than ever, however, they do not know or have certain strategies to develop woman as leaders. Hence, the study was to understand and identify the context of women’s leadership development based on the life histories of three woman leaders who work at companies in Korea. The followings are the stories of what the researchers have found. First, these woman leaders have undergone through the periods of growth-search-establishment which is based on the Kolb’s (1984) learning process of A(Action)-O(Observation) -R(Reflection). Second, there are mainly two factors in the leadership formation of women leaders, which are a personal factor and an environmental factor. Three leaders are more sensitive and pursue perfection at work. They also had excellent communication skills. These woman leaders were distinguished from others by how they are considerate of other people in the organization. The study has found that the environmental factor is the most important in developing their own leadership. Especially, the task and the sex ratio of organization members are critical in determining the leadership types of woman leaders. Based on the result of this study, practical implication on women leadership development is suggested in relation to leadership training program and fundamental corporate culture change to support their growth.

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