Why can't a woman be less like a man? Women's leadership dilemma.

Despite the emergence of new theories, our notions of organizational and political leadership are still culturally masculine. Therefore, women who lead (e.g., nurse executives and nurse managers) must deal with tensions between expectations about leaders and expectations about women. This situation suggests that nursing administration education programs can help nurses become effective leaders by including examination of what difference it makes--historically, politically, institutionally--that nursing is largely a female profession.