Employee Perception towards Gender Based Leadership Style: A Notional Concept from Indian Organizations Context

Purpose: The persistence of this research paper is to review various literature to explore the perception of employees towards leadership style on the basis of gender in India.  Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopted the theoretical approach and centered on the interpretations and reactions toward perception of employees towards leadership style on the basis of the gender of the leaders. The findings of various research articles were taken into account for making interpretations.  Findings: No leadership style is ideal, rather, a good leader is one who can assess circumstances and select optimal approach while taking into account requirements of the team, organization, and individual. Employees believe that dedication is affective and leadership style is more transformational. Employee performance at work is influenced by the culture of the organisation, which is influenced by the leadership style. Employees in both public and private sector organizations have similar perceptions of leadership effectiveness competencies. In all industries, employees were very satisfied with bosses who exhibited helpful conduct. The ways in which leadership and subordinates/task qualities interact to shape a positive aging experience at work is crucial one. Further, the studies said that managers used a transactional leadership style based on contingent rewards. Employee perceptions of managers' genuine leadership were found to be positively correlated with their seeming honesty. Employee opinions of female managers' genuine leadership were inversely correlated with managers' networking skills, but not with those of male managers. What becomes crucial, instead, is how it is to identity affects how staff members view the leader's moral conduct. It has been shown that leaders have a direct and considerable impact on employees' intentions to stay, hence in order for these firms to succeed, leadership styles that encourage staff retention must be adopted. While empowering leadership had undesirable correlation with exhaustion and a optimistic correlation with engagement, directive leadership but with opposite correlation with both. Both new hire and company benefit from learning about the leadership and vision of the organization. Employees felt that feminine leaders are competent in relations of their ability to communicate, make decisions, maintain personal integrity, and perform well inside the company. Since leaders generally found satisfied with conduct and attitude that leaders exhibit toward them in various scenarios. Disagreements between leaders and employees can occasionally found raised from unpleasant work-related circumstances as well as personal issues. In some cases, workers believe that female bosses are a little more devoted and effective. Nonetheless, they thought to be less cooperative in the public and private spheres. Employees now view their leaders based on their leadership abilities rather their gender since women have positioned themselves as effective leaders. The employees' favorable opinion of female leadership was substantially correlated with gender of the immediate superior. The majority of administrative staff members have seen female managers' leadership qualities favorably. Correlation between gender and attitudes toward female managers has also been seen and more positive opinions than men. Employees who work for female managers in both public and commercial enterprises have negative opinion of "women leadership in general. However, there is requirement of in-depth study on the issue so that better result can be obtained in Indian organizations.  Research Limitations/Implications: The study examined various studies conducted on perception of employees towards the leadership style of male and female leader at the work place. However, these studies including many others areas would have added interesting insights into the findings on the subject issue.  Practical Implications: The findings pointed out the essential practices of knowing the perception of employees towards leadership styles in Indian organizations. A well expressed outcomes of the perception decides the type of the leadership at workplace in India.  Originality/Value– The present study contributes to the limited literature on knowing the perception of the employees towards leadership styles in India.