A Study on Employee's Perception towards Women Leadership Effectiveness

This study examined the employee’s perception towards women leadership effectiveness. Data was gathered through distributed questionnaires answered by 60 respondents from SOCSO staffs in Penang branch. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS v.16) where descriptive analysis was used to analyze the demographic variable. T-test and ANOVA analysis was used to find the difference of perception towards women leadership effectiveness. Besides that, Pearson Correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between women leader behavioral factors (communication skills,usage of power, decision making skills and personal character) and women
leadership effectiveness. Findings of the study revealed that there is no difference between demography factors (gender, age, educational level and length of service) towards women leadership effectiveness. The findings also
show that there is a significant relationship between women leaders behavioral and women leadership effectiveness.