'Female leadership trust advantage' gives women edge in some crisis situations

Researchers find that trust established by female leaders practicing strong interpersonal skills results in better crisis resolution when outcomes are predictable. They describe this ‘female leadership trust advantage’ in a paper published in the June 2019 print issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly, ‘A Female Leadership Trust Advantage in Times of Crisis: Under What Conditions?’ It is the first study to examine why and when a trust advantage emerges for female leaders during organizational crises.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org