The purpose of this case study was to view if there were any differences and similarities between Swedish and American female leaders, with focus on the Swedish female leaders. We also wanted to find out if the American female leaders had problem whit the classcelling.Our case study is a quality method, because we wanted to reach the dep't that quality methods can reach. We interviewed four Swedish female leaders and tried to get in touch whit American female leaders but whit out any success. So instead we analyzed already existing research about the American female Leadership. Our result showed that there were some differences between the two countries; in the same time we also found similarities. The classcelling tends to exist more in Sweden than in the US.   .

Leadership is a well-known phenomenon in today?s world and researchers have developed multitudes of theories with different assumptions about what Leadership is and what implications it has. Models of different kinds of Leadership have been presented and researchers are constantly working on trying to find a definition of great Leadership. Our thought was however that because every human being is unique it would be naïve to presume that all people hold the same perception about what constitutes good Leadership. Although we believed that every person defines good Leadership in his/her own way we also believed that there could be similarities to be found between illustrations generated from people with comparable organizational positions.

The purpose of this study has been to examine what it is in the situation that affects which Leadership that is applied on the members of the organization. Our questions that we have explored were; What is it in the situation that influences the Leadership applied on an individual or staff group? What similarities and differences have emerged by Hersey and Blanchards situational Leadership model?Further, we used qualitative semi-structured interviews at the interview procedures with three managers and three employees. Hersey and Blanchards situational Leadership model and Goffmans theory in the book "The presentation of self in everyday life" have been used as a foundation and inspiration in this study.We have found that circumstances like the size of the staff group along with the organizations financials and the resources affect the Leadership behavior and how well it is matched with the employees. The function of the leaders position in the context, and the purpose of the situation influences how the Leadership is formed.

Literature describes what it is like to be a leader in the healthcare and what is looked upon as the most characteristic quality for female Leadership. Women often use a Leadership technique that motivates the employee and they allow themselves to develop a humanitarian Leadership. The aim of this study was to describe female head nurses? experience of their Leadership in healthcare. The collection of data has been carried out from interviews.

AbstractAs a result of globalisation, there are indications that national cultural differences between countries are becoming increasingly vague. Research shows that industries develop similarities, as a result of the integration between corporations that has followed the internationalisation. The aim of this study was thus to investigate whether different countries in the same industry can develop similar perceptions regarding what is considered effective Leadership. The study also aimed to investigate whether these perceptions can influence how Leadership is exercised. The leader qualities that were identified were categorised based on the Leadership attributes that were formulated in Project GLOBE.

The purpose of this study was to see how teachers experience their own Leadership style and how they did to get their Leadership to work in the classroom. The purpose was also to understand the teachers? actions, what they think is best for the students? development and how they describe the Leadership in the classroom. I interviewed six female teachers and they all have had many experiences since this is their profession. My research was based on Stensmo (2000).

The pedagogista is a new professional role in Swedish preschools. Some people question the role, which originates from Italy, since it is believed to carry out a pedagogical Leadership that belongs to the head of the preschool according to the curriculum and the Education Act. Consequently, there is cause for examining what pedagogical Leadership means in an organization with a pedagogista. However, re- search has shown the success of distributed Leadership within schools. Hence, it ?s interesting to find out whether the pedagogical Leadership of the pedagogista could be understood as distributed Leadership and what that would implicate.The purpose of this thesis is to explain and understand the pedagogical Leadership of the pedagogista.

Aim The aim of the study is to, from a comparative perspective, examine principals? view of Leadership in successful schools. Questions: How do the principals describe their own Leadership? What subject positions do the principals take? Method Three principals were interviewed in the study. The interviews lasted for about 60 minutes.

Literature describes what it is like to be a leader in the healthcare and what is looked upon as the most characteristic quality for female Leadership. Women often use a Leadership technique that motivates the employee and they allow themselves to develop a humanitarian Leadership. The aim of this study was to describe female head nurses? experience of their Leadership in healthcare. The collection of data has been carried out from interviews.

In modern Leadership research, Leadership is often viewed as a social construction, and under this paradigm various researchers let the media play a central role in constructing Leadership. Meanwhile, the question of how the media actors do this is left unanswered. We explore the question of how and why the media construct Leadership, from the vantage point of the media actors themselves, and the conditions they work under. Different mechanisms for media construction of Leadership are identified in previous research. Through interviews with business journalists at Veckans Affärer, we find recognition for some of the explanatory mechanisms: namely that personification of a CEO facilitates the work of journalists (and sells papers), that personal drama captures reader demand, and that the CEO of a listed company consciously cultivates his or her personal parallel self.

From an early age kids learn that their good performance and efforts will be rewarded. Unfortunately, not all leaders in the media industry are rewarded or given the same opportunities to exercise their communicative Leadership, according to studies in media research. The aim of our study is to highlight female managers' experiences of their communicative Leadership in the Swe-dish media industry. This study was based on qualitative interviews with four female respondents in management positions. The core of the study concerns female communicative Leadership and interpersonal communication.

The study is quantitative and is about working men and women?s view of male and female Leadership. The intention of the study is to see if the men and women have a different perception of male and female Leadership and also if they have different personality types. The method used was a survey where the sample is 80 participants, 31 men and 49 women from four different companies. Previous research shows that the perception of male and female Leadership can be different, and that the reason can be prejudices and beliefs.

The purpose of this essay is to find out what new graduate teachers conceptions are of their own Leadership in the classroom. The paper also aims to examine the different Leadership styles the teachers perceive themselves to use. My study is based on qualitative data collected through interviews, where the informants are newly graduated teachers in grade 1 to 6. Using a qualitative approach has made it possible for me to get a deeper understanding of this study. I have also used previous research in this area where Arfwedson (1993), Franssons & Morbergs (2001) and Paulin (2007) presents a number of experiences that student teachers and recent graduate teachers has shared.

This study is about female Leadership. The purpose was to gain a better insight to qualities female managers in public sector assume they need to make an enjoyable Leadership. We were also interested in finding out what they think is the joy and amusement in the Leadership and how they consider responsibility and authority. We used a qualitative method interviewing female leaders at their work. In our analysis of the data we have looked for pattern and key words in a qualitative way.

The industry of management training programs is increasing rapidly. Every year numerous organizations sponsor expensive management training programs for their managers, hoping that this will pay off and make the organizations more profitable. The companies that offer these management training programs could be seen as important conveyers of conceptions of Leadership. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to identify similarities between a number of management training programs and see how they are related to different Leadership theories , and based on this try to recognize the conceptions of Leadership that are conveyed. The study is of qualitative nature and is based on interviews with representatives from five management training companies in Sweden along with a text analysis of written material presented by the companies.