Leadership through the Lens of Young Female Professionals: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

• Main Authors: Astudillo, Alfonso R., IV, Banez, Zean M., Bastian, Martin Gabriel A., Caburian, Carl Lemuel C., Cadorna, Michael T., Hoyland, Aaron Michael J., Layugan, Prince Dave M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: women leadership; hermeneutic phenomenology; lived experiences; feminism; pluralism; Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2022/poster_lcs/1; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1152&context=conf_shsrescon
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aims to highlight the lived experiences of young female professionals who currently lead in their fields, as well as the essence of a woman leader in such instances. The researchers used a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to illuminate the key informants' lived experiences as leaders with the anticipation to arrive at a novel perspective of leadership. The research findings align with the concept of purpose-driven leadership. The links between themes like compassion, empowerment, and adaptability are, however, intriguing because these leadership attributes are strongly associated with feminist conceptions of relationality, flexibility, and intuition. The key informants' collective reverence may be viewed as a distinctive leadership experience, indicating that the Filipino backdrop could not be separated from a woman leader's values and standards.