The Challenges That Face the Working Woman under the Female Leadership in Light of Queen Bee Syndrome: A Case Study of King

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the preference of female administrative staff at King Saud University to work under male leadership or female leadership, as well as the problems that face them due to working with female leadership. The descriptive method was used in the study, where a questionnaire was distributed to the study population amounting to (4,825) female employees. (371) employees (7.69%) responded. The study used frequencies, percentages, the mean, (SD), (One-Way ANOVA) and (LSD) tests. The results showed that the majority (88%) of study members tend to work with male leaders compared to those who prefer to work with female leaders at a rate of approximately (66%). The study revealed some problems facing female employees as a result of working under female leadership, such as the absence of a holistic view of some female leaders, the bias against some female employees and discrimination among them, the tendency to give verbal instructions to them about the work, the adoption of the centralization method, the lack of understanding of the needs of female employees and their familial circumstances, not developing a second line of leadership, not providing employees with positive feedback, catching mistakes of employees and depriving them of training. The study recommended designing a training program to build a holistic vision for female leaders to make them aware of strategic issues, balancing between centralization and decentralization and applying organizational equity to avoid discrimination among female employees.