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Female Leadership in Software Projects—A Preliminary Result on Leadership Style and Project Context Factors

Authors : Anh Nguyen-Duc, Soudabeh Khodambashi, Jon Atle Gulla, John Krogstie, Pekka Abrahamsson

Published in: Towards a Synergistic Combination of Research and Practice in Software Engineering

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Abstract

Women have been shown to be effective leaders in many team-based situations. However, it is also well-recognized that women are underrepresented in engineering and technology areas, which leads to wasted efforts and a lack of diversity in professional organizations. Although studies about gender and leadership are rich, research focusing on engineering-specific activities, are scarce. To react on this gap, we explored the experience of female leaders of software development projects and possible context factors that influence leadership effectiveness. The study was conducted as a longitudinal multiple case study. Data was collected from survey, interviews, observation and project reports. In this work, we reported some preliminary findings related to leadership style, team perception on leadership and team-task context factors. We found a strong correlation between perceived team leadership and task management. We also observed a potential association between human-oriented leading approach in low customer involvement scenarios and task-oriented leading approach in high customer involvement situations.

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Metadata
Title
Female Leadership in Software Projects—A Preliminary Result on Leadership Style and Project Context Factors
Authors
Anh Nguyen-Duc
Soudabeh Khodambashi
Jon Atle Gulla
John Krogstie
Pekka Abrahamsson
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Towards a Synergistic Combination of Research and Practice in Software Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65207-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-65208-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65208-5_11

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