Bøger i Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice serien

Provides readers interesting new ideas about women and leadership, and highlights the diverse epistemologies that can contribute to theorizing about women leaders. Some chapters represent typical social scientific practices and processes, while others represent newer knowledge forms and ways of knowing.

Provides readers interesting new ideas about women and leadership, and highlights the diverse epistemologies that can contribute to theorizing about women leaders. Some chapters represent typical social scientific practices and processes, while others represent newer knowledge forms and ways of knowing.

Addresses the lack of critical attention in leadership research to how women leaders and professionals are represented in the media. This volume contributes to social change, equality, and economic performance by raising consciousness about women's lack of representation in the media and challenges gendered mis(s)representations of women professionals and leaders.

Explores the complexity of issues related to increasing the number of women on boards of directors around the world: how these issues have been understood; how they have been more and less successfully addressed in different countries and industries; and how they are similar, and yet different, as a results of cultural and legal differences.

Explores the complexity of issues related to increasing the number of women on boards of directors around the world: how these issues have been understood; how they have been more and less successfully addressed in different countries and industries; and how they are similar, and yet different, as a results of cultural and legal differences.

The topic of women's advances in leading within the global context is barely covered in the existing leadership literature. This volume provides current conceptualizations and theory related to women as global leaders, recent empirical investigations of the phenomenon, analysis of effective global leadership development programmes, and portraits of women who lead, or have led, in a global role.

The topic of women's advances in leading within the global context is barely covered in the existing leadership literature. This volume provides current conceptualizations and theory related to women as global leaders, recent empirical investigations of the phenomenon, analysis of effective global leadership development programmes, and portraits of women who lead, or have led, in a global role.

Explores areas of women's leadership in four regions around the world: the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. The goal of the book is to provide readers with explorations of women's experiences as leaders, including recent research studies, analysis and interpretation of statistics, stories of influential women leaders, and recommendations for positive change.

Explores areas of women's leadership in four regions around the world: the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. The goal of the book is to provide readers with explorations of women's experiences as leaders, including recent research studies, analysis and interpretation of statistics, stories of influential women leaders, and recommendations for positive change.

Addresses the lack of critical attention in leadership research to how women leaders and professionals are represented in the media. This volume contributes to social change, equality, and economic performance by raising consciousness about women's lack of representation in the media and challenges gendered mis(s)representations of women professionals and leaders.

Highlights connections between the fields of communication and leadership to help address the problem of underrepresentation of women in leadership. Chapters of note cover microaggressions, authentic leadership, courageous leadership, inclusive leadership, implicit bias, career barriers and levers, impression management, and the visual rhetoric of famous women leaders.

Highlights connections between the fields of communication and leadership to help address the problem of underrepresentation of women in leadership. Chapters of note cover microaggressions, authentic leadership, courageous leadership, inclusive leadership, implicit bias, career barriers and levers, impression management, and the visual rhetoric of famous women leaders.