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Venus and leadership: women hospitality leaders.

2002; Florida International University School of Hospitality & Tourism Management; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

0739-7011

Bonnie J. Knutson, Ronald F. Cichy,

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The authors report on a survey of 234 women executives in the hospitality industry using factor analysis to discover the seven underlying dimensions of women leaders: perseverance, trust, inner values, responsibility, stewardship, communication, and vision. This article is available in Hospitality Review: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol20/iss1/1 Venus and leadership: Women hospitality leaders by Bonnie J. Knutson, Raymond S. Schmidgall and Ronald F. Cichy The authots report on a survey of 234 women executives in the hospitality industw using factor analysis to discover the seven underlying dimensions of women leaders: perseverance, trust, inner values, responsibil@ stewardship, communication, and vision. I f a thousand people were asked to deline a leader, chances are there would be a thousand answers. How individuals respond to that question primarily depends on three factors. First, one's personal understanding or definition of leaders and leadership comes from reading about the accomplishments of prominent people. But it's hard to extract the essence of leadership &om these writings, or films, or other media.' Secondly, one's direct and indirect experiences with people who are thought of as leaders color the perception. Finally, one's view of leadership depends on the context in which the operates. For example, the president of the U.S. is oRen referred to as the leader of the free world. A young Girl Scout might think of her troop leader. Soldiers in the Persian Gulf War probably thought of General Colin Powell or General Norman Schwartzkoff. Even the dictionary doesn't agree on the definition of leadership. Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language defines a as a person who, by force of example, talents, or qualities of leadership, plays a directing role, wields commanding influence, or has a following in any sphere of activity or thought. In other words, i t defines leadership as that ingredient of personality that causes others to follow.3 Another edition of Webster's simply says that a is a directing, commanding, or guiding head of a group or activity.' Leaders defined While there is likewise widespread variance in how business, in Knutson, Schmidgall and Cichy 1