Instructor Resource
Rowe, Cases in Leadership 5e
SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019
Discussion Question
Chapter 13: Women and Leadership
1. Are men or women better leaders? Use the theories you have learned in this book to
support your arguments.
• Trait and skills approaches—students may argue that women (or men) are more
(or less) intelligent, determined, sociable, have higher levels of interpersonal or
conceptual skills, and so forth.
• Style approaches—students may think men (or women) are more task-oriented and
women (or men) more relationship-oriented. Thus, they may think one gender is
more likely to adopt a given leadership style.
• LMX theory—students may think that women (or men) are more likely to
Instructor Resource
Rowe, Cases in Leadership 5e
SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019
2. If men and women are unlikely to differ in their ability to lead, why are so few
women in leadership positions?
Preparation Questions
1. Sometimes people ask whether females make good leaders or not. Reviewing the
leadership theories covered in this book, outline reasons why women would be