The transactional approach is also heavily gendered(Rosener, 1990), with research suggesting that male preferences tend to equatepower with formal authority and the guarding of information, while femalepreferences are more in favour of an interactive style, the sharing of power andinformation, and an emphasis on personal influence and the enhancement ofself-worth. A UK study (Alimo-Metcalfe, 1995) expressed it, as shown inTable I.