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This study explores the predominant leadership styles of nonprofit executives to determine if gender informs their leadership style choices. The authors analyzed over 4,000 pages of transcribed interviews with 137 nonprofit executives. Nonprofit executives identified their predominant leadership styles with approaches categorized in the "feminine" domain of the gendered leadership framework. Although individual differences in leadership styles were explained in part by gender, leaders were most likely to adopt configurations of styles that blend gendered domains of leadership. The results indicate the nonprofit sector is one where gender is less determinative of leadership styles than in other employment sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Do male and female executives approach leadership in similar ways? What do their approaches reveal about their potentials for addressing contemporary leadership challenges and promoting leadership ascension? While considerable research has been conducted on the ways that gender influences leadership styles, the issue has received limited attention in the nonprofit sector. This research provides a unique perspective on the ways that male and female executives align their leadership approaches with gendered constructs of leadership outlined in the agentic-communal framework. The results indicate that while male and female leaders adhered to many aspects of the gendered domains of the framework, there were some notable exceptions. Female executives were generally more likely to adopt interpersonal approaches to leadership, and while common aspects of executive leadership reflected masculine constructs of leadership traits, male and female executives displayed more variance in their approaches to leadership skills and behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is a correction notice for an article titled "Does Gender Influence Leadership Styles? A View from the U.S. Nonprofit Sector" published in the Public Organization Review. The corrections include the removal of "Graduate Studies" from the author group, revisions to the alignment of headings in Table 3, the addition of headings in Table 4, and minor edits throughout the document. The original article has been corrected. The publisher, Springer Nature, remains neutral regarding jurisdictional claims and institutional affiliations. The authors of the article are Eric J. Boyer, Rebecca Reid, and Dana Patton. [Extracted from the article]