Understanding Leadership Style: A Comparative Study of Women Entrepreneurs Vs Working Women

Abstract

Research suggests that women handle emotions and relationships in a unique way. The rising proportion of women in the recent era is increasing and has been a major contribution to the nation's economy. Still, the question arises is women possess different leadership style? With the recent innovation hub, the creative world and advances in technology the demand for effective leadership of educated class as well as dynamic women is increasing who really vouch for contributing to the economic growth of nations. Understanding the plethora of overall competitive world, the paper elaborate different leadership style of women working as an entrepreneur and in service sectors. A sample study of 120 women working with various sectors was collected from Nagpur Region. Data were obtained from the face-to-face questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. Overall Research Data was collected from entrepreneurs working in diversified fields of Manufacturing, Technology, Retails, and Fashion Designing etc and also from service sectors working in various fields. A detailed comparison was made of women as entrepreneurs with non-entrepreneurs with the help of using T-test of significance to identify the leadership style working in their respective sectors. This paper will provide a unique contribution for the researchers to explore the leadership style working with various fields. It is hoped that findings derived from this study will instigate the development of a theoretical framework on leadership style of women in Nagpur Region