The Role of Female Leadership Styles in Engaging their Subordinates in the Sub-Saharan Health Sector: A Study of Ghana

The study seeks to investigate the role of female leadership styles in engaging their subordinates in the Sub-Saharan Health Sector specifically Ghana. Quantitative approach and a cross-sectional research design are used to... [ view full abstract ]

The study seeks to investigate the role of female leadership styles in engaging their subordinates in the Sub-Saharan Health Sector specifically Ghana. Quantitative approach and a cross-sectional research design are used to collect data from six health facilities in the Accra metropolis. Three hundred respondents are purposively sampled and structured questionnaire is the main primary data collection tool. Data from the field is analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression. Findings of the results show that transformational leadership styles of women has significant positive relationship with the physical, emotional and cognitive engagements of their subordinates, however; transactional leadership styles of women has insignificant relationship with their subordinates ‘physical, emotional and cognitive engagements. Women in leadership positions should as a matter of urgency display more of the transformational behaviour style than the transaction style in order to engage their subordinates’ fully.