Could Females Be Better Leaders? Retrospect and Prospect of Research on Gender Differences in Transformational Leadership

Research on gender differences in transformational leadership combines transformational leadership theory with gender analysis, and is an interdisciplinary study. This study has gone through the following stages, including informal stage, and development stage,from the existence of gender differences in transformational leadership to the discussion of female transformational leadership. The study has been improving, and the future focus should include organizational context, impact mechanism and the Chinese context.