PEDAGOGICAL SYSTEM OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIOCULTURAL INCLUSION IN RUSSIA

Modern economic and social development brings many changes in gender roles and in the specifics of women involvement into professional life. Many women become successful as leaders across levels and industries. This tendency raises fundamental questions about both how women lead and what personal traits and skills they need for the effective leadership. At the same time, there are sociocultural factors which influence female leadership development in the country like religious, cultural practices and beliefs. To deepen our understanding of women's leadership we explored and studied theoretical background of female leadership development in Russia and analyzed the influence of sociocultural factors on woman leadership specifics in Russia and abroad. It was concluded that culture continues to form the extent to which this leadership is developed. Education plays a significant role in developing leadership skills. Educational organizations have to be effective in preparing qualified leaders, including women -leaders. Authors have developed pedagogical system of female leadership development in the context of sociocultural inclusion in Russia and showed the pedagogical conditions needed for preparing effective leaders among women at different age periods. In order to reveal students' attitude to female leadership a special study was conducted at Kazan innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov (Kazan, Russia).120 Students of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology participated in study. As found in the research, most of students (94 %) have a positive attitude to a female leadership; the most important personal traits mentioned by students are responsibility, ability to control emotions and reasonableness.