{
  "title": "Women’s leadership in the canton of Neuchâtel: how can technical experts lead teams without controlling everything?",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/leadership-au-feminin-neuchatel-expertise-technique-conduite-equipe-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://shr.swiss",
    "address": "184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Leading a technical team does not mean personally checking every decision. For a woman taking on a management role, learning to delegate also requires an organisation to distinguish technical competence from managerial legitimacy.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Women in Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes: legitimacy is not just about competence",
      "point": "Alice H."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A mechanism: developing leadership capability through experience",
      "point": "Albert Bandura (1977, Psychological Review) describes mastery experiences as a source of self-efficacy, alongside sources including observing others and verbal persuasion."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The hasty conclusion: simply let go",
      "point": "These papers establish neither that women exercise more control nor that a lack of confidence alone explains their managerial difficulties."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits: delegation does not mean removing controls",
      "point": "Neither article evaluates leadership training in Neuchâtel’s industrial sector."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "In a hypothetical microtechnology team in Neuchâtel, a manager could delegate the preparation of a deviation analysis, specifying permitted decisions, escalation thresholds and mandatory quality approval."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Karau",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "Psychological Review"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Bandura",
      "year": "1977",
      "source": "Psychological Review"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 407,
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