Female leadership and innovative capacity in organizations

Authors

  • Raquel Fassini Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Leticia Mattiuz Bragagnolo Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Ana Clarissa Santos Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/desenv.v10i2.7866

Keywords:

Capacity for innovation, gender diversity, leadership

Abstract

Innovation still remains one of the challenges for organizations, since different factors influence the development of innovative capacity. Considering the role of leadership in innovation scenarios, this research seeks to understand how the academic literature observes female leadership and its relationship with innovative capacity in organizations. In addition, it also analyzes how research addresses differences in leader performance, considering different genders. For this understanding, a systematic literature review - RSL was carried out, considering articles published from the year 2000 onwards. The initial assumption of the research is that some factors influence the lower representation of female leadership in innovation scenarios. As main results, it was concluded that there are no significant differences in leadership practice, considering men and women in innovation scenarios, but differences in opportunities. On the other hand, results indicate that diversity favors and expands organizational innovations, thus being an opportunity for companies to encourage joint work in leading innovation initiatives.

Author Biographies

Raquel Fassini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestranda em Administração pela PUCRS, graduada em Administração pela UFRGS pesquisa sobre Inovação em Modelo de Negócios e Indústria 4.0 e atua como Consultora de Inovação.

Endereço:

Escola de Negócios - PUCRS

Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Partenon, Porto Alegre - RS, 90619-900

Leticia Mattiuz Bragagnolo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda em Administração e Negócios pela PUCRS, Graduada em Engenharia Química pela PUCRS, tendo como sua linha de pesquisa os campos relacionados à Responsabilidades e Irresponsabilidade Social Corporativa e Sustentabilidade.

Ana Clarissa Santos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Administração pela Unisinos e Graduada em Biologia pela Unisinos. Professora da Escola de Negócios da PUCRS. 

 

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