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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Women and Leadership

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New Presence of Women Leaders, in Journal of Leadership Studies » Read Now
by Alice Hayes. 10 pgs.

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Gender Differences in Leadership: Current Social Issues and Future Organizational Implications, in Journal of Leadership Studies » Read Now
by Nicole Z. Stelter. 12 pgs.

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...to an underrepresentation of women in leadership roles (Oakley, 2000). Subsequent...to find in transformational leadership. Women, Carless argues, are...
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Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in Organizational Leadership (Chap. 11 "Comparing Power Use: How Men and Women Use Power") » Read Now
by Gilbert W. Fairholm. 230 pgs.

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This book is about how individuals can achieve their objectives in organizational work groups. Office politics, or organizational politics, is a significant part of the life of everyone who works with others in formal or informal groups. These relationships are power-tinged, and success can be...
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This book is about how individuals can achieve their objectives in organizational work groups. Office politics, or organizational politics, is a significant part of the life of everyone who works with others in formal or informal groups. These relationships are power-tinged, and success can be attained only as we use power effectively. Understanding what power is and how it can be used to gain personal or group objectives is the focus of the book. It provides readers with specific recommendations about the situations in which power use can be effective, and it identifies those tactics most effective in leading subordinates and superiors toward the achievement of our goals.
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Contemporary Issues in Leadership (Chap. 11 "Women as Leaders") » Read Now
by William E. Rosenbach, Robert L. Taylor. 249 pgs.

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This new edition of Contemporary Issues in Leadership speaks directly to the central points of change: leadership vs. management; leadership and followership; and especially, the diversity of leadership styles and pathways.
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An Integrative Theory of Leadership (Chap. 9 "Women in Leadership") » Read Now
by Martin M. Chemers. 200 pgs.

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...9 Women in Leadership 135 10 A Function...differences in leadership style and performance between men and women and between Euro-American...differences in leadership styles...
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Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and Their Paths to the Top » Read Now
by Dorothy Moses Schulz. 244 pgs.

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Constituting fewer than 15% of the nation's police officers, women have found it especially difficult to rise through the ranks and achieve higher posts. Here, those few women who have made it to the top--about 1% of the chiefs and sheriffs in American policing--share their stories and describe the...
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Constituting fewer than 15% of the nation's police officers, women have found it especially difficult to rise through the ranks and achieve higher posts. Here, those few women who have made it to the top--about 1% of the chiefs and sheriffs in American policing--share their stories and describe the challenges they faced as they rose to their positions. Each of the chiefs competed for their offices with other candidates, almost always male. The sheriffs--virtually all elected officials--faced other challenges and came under even closer scrutiny. While few in number, these "top cops" illustrate the emergence of women as more than token leaders of American sheriff and police departments. They are unique groundbreakers who have managed to breach the brass ceiling.
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Race, Gender, and Leadership: Re-envisioning Organizational Leadership from the Perspectives of African American Women Executives » Read Now
by Patricia S. Parker. 125 pgs.

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Explores the role of communication and the interplay of leadership and gender among top African American female executives. For scholars and students in organizational/cross-cultural/applied communication, leadership, management, African studies, and women's studies.
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Women, Media, and Politics (Chap. 8 "Women Leaders Worldwide: A Splash of Color in the Photo Op") » Read Now
by Pippa Norris. 269 pgs.

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This study of the relationship between women, media and politics looks at a variety of topics including women as journalists, media framing of the generation gap, and talk radio and gender politics.
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Women as Leaders: Vive la Difference, in State Legislatures » Read Now
by Rich Jones, Gary Boulard. 6 pgs.

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...And thats the good news. "Women approach leadership positions in an entirely...governor on down, thinks women in leadership tend to posture less. "There...success. "Some...
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When Women Lead: Integrative Leadership in State Legislatures » Read Now
by Cindy Simon Rosenthal. 242 pgs.

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Until recently, the study of legislative leadership has been the study of men. Scholars have taught students that legislative leadership is transactional, a kind of competitive bargaining procedure to broker particular interests. When Women Lead: Integrative Leadership in State Legislatures brings...
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Until recently, the study of legislative leadership has been the study of men. Scholars have taught students that legislative leadership is transactional, a kind of competitive bargaining procedure to broker particular interests. When Women Lead: Integrative Leadership in State Legislatures brings to light the important contributions that women as legislative leaders make to the institutions in which they operate. Cindy Simon Rosenthal shows us how (and where) women are "integrating" the ranks of the legislative hierarchy, a forum in which they have been all but absent. She also argues that women are "doing leadership" in an innovative, inclusive style that subtly redefines both the appearance and meaning of political leadership. Contradicting the assumption that legislative leadership is inherently transactional, Rosenthal posits an integrative style emphasizing collaboration, shared problem-solving, and consensus. Further, she argues that women committee chairs come to their roles from different life experiences, and so employ motivations, tactics, and visions of leadership that differ in important ways from their male counterparts. Her findings suggest that women tend to see political leadership as something more than the act of satisfying particular interests. This study of women who chair state legislative committees examines one of America's largest cohorts of women in institutional leadership roles, thus making an important contribution to our understanding of gender, organizational leadership, and state legislatures. Rosenthal ably demonstrates that legislatures are not gender-neutral and that legislative leadership must be understood within a gendered context. Numbers and power therefore constitute critical variables throughout this study. While stereotyping has not disappeared in some states, women across the country--as illustrated in When Women Lead--are effectively redefining the framework and the assumptions central to political leadership in other locales.
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On Top of the World: Women's Political Leadership in Scandinavia and Beyond » Read Now
by Bruce O. Solheim. 136 pgs.

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An examination of the political and social characteristics particular to Scandinavia which have made women's rise to power more rapid than in other regions of the world, this study also explores how the resulting election of women has provided valuable evidence of the impact of women leaders and...
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An examination of the political and social characteristics particular to Scandinavia which have made women's rise to power more rapid than in other regions of the world, this study also explores how the resulting election of women has provided valuable evidence of the impact of women leaders and their leadership style. Solheim begins with a critical survey of feminist scholarship regarding the equality-difference debate and the application of such research on the position of women in international politics. He concludes, in this respect, that leadership style may have less to do with gender than one might initially suspect. Archival research and interviews with women in leadership roles provide the reader with a closer look at the Scandinavian system, a view that will challenge gender stereotypes around the world.
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Leadership Secrets of Elizabeth I » Read Now
by Pamela Gilberd, Shaun O'L. Higgins. 286 pgs.

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Provides battle-tested business wisdom from the Virgin Queen.
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"My Big Sister the Town Supervisor": Family Leadership Training Is Not Just for Boys, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Joan Newman, Jill Pettinger, Jo Beth W. Evan. 7 pgs.

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...and political leadership, demonstrated...applies also to women--a group not...voters. Thus for women, experiences...order predict leadership assumption only...entities that...