The topic of gender differences in leadership behavior has received much attention from both researchers and practitioners. Despite this proliferation of studies and empirical progress, our understanding of gender differences for power sharing of leaders remains limited. Some studies suggest that female leaders are more likely to adopt participative leadership styles (i.e., share their power) while others show that women feel guilty about delegating, and therefore share their power less than male leaders do. The present research aims to shed light on the gendered dynamics of power-sharing behaviors by distinguishing between the dimensions delegation and consultation, and their alignment with agentic and communal traits. In doing so, we aim to explain the contradictory findings on gender differences in power sharing observed in previous literature.