One of these differences is that female leaders, on the average, are more democratic and participative than their male counterparts (Eagly & Johnson, 1990; see also van Engen & Willemsen, 2004). Men, more than women, adopt a top-down, “command and control” style. Although female managers are not generally more interpersonally- or communally-oriented than male managers,this tendency emerged to some extent in less male-dominated roles, where the tendency for women to be more participative than men strengthened as well. It thus appears that women adopt more culturally feminine leader behaviors when their role is not strongly male-dominated.