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Hispanic Women Leaders and Their Perceptions of Affirmative Action
Get PDFProfessionals in positions to hire or promote Hispanic women need to be educated on the effects of "tokenism" and Hispanic women need support to help them deal with its effects.
Faculty Tiering and Academic Inbreeding: One Institution\u27s Relationships and Realities
Get PDF"Like inbreeding, if the proliferation of faculty tiering is problematic for academe, this institution is promoting faculty tiering, but at a lower rate than national trends. But, inbreeding and faculty tiering appear to be related, with more inbred faculty in lower tiered positions.
A New Sherriff in Town: The Barriers of Structural Discrimination Facing Women Leaders
Get PDFIn the current world of organizations, it is no surprise that discrimination exists against women. Many organizations, however, exhibit structural discrimination and little is done to combat this. This is no more evident than within law enforcement organizations. This research focuses on the disparate treatment, as defined by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as the barrier keeping women becoming Sheriff. Current data show women make up less than one-half of one percent of all sheriffs nationwide. This research suggests women hold leadership competencies that the field of law enforcement is seeking. By more women becoming the top executive of these agencies, the discriminatory landscape within law enforcement agencies will begin to change
Improving Equity through a Science Enrichment Program
Get PDFWe examined the impact of science enrichment activities on African American female students\u27 achievement and attitude towards science. Seventeen students participated in the study. Attitudes were measured using a pre and post attitudinal survey, whereas achievement was measured using test scores from their biology class over a six-week period. Pre- and post measures indicated a significant increase in achievement and attitudes for the students who participated in the study
Lessons for a Rural Female Superintendent: Gender, Leadership, and Politics
Get PDFTwo years before my coauthor and I began this narrative inquiry, as the school superintendent of a rural community, I failed to fire a malicious football coach and resigned shortly thereafter. I floundered for a few months and then decided to pursue a doctorate in educational administration. Soon I met a professor, now my coauthor, who offered me the opportunity to explain what had happened in terms of socially constructed gender roles. We investigated 40 post-World War II urban, suburban, and rural female superintendents whom my coauthor and other scholars had interviewed. After theming their stories into five prototypes we wove these collective representations into my personal narrative and found that operationalizing any political agenda necessitated being aware of how a school community views acceptable womanhood, because it determined how the female superintendent was received. Had I adopted my stakeholders\u27 notion of female demeanor, more school patrons may have heard me. Yet, for me and other superintendents the feasibility and ethics of what might be seen as outright manipulation will forever loom on the horizon of politics, gender and the superintendenc
Leadership Styles and Gender Role: Internalization among Female Managers in the United States
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine whether the level of gender role internalization influences female leadership style. A quantitative online survey was developed that included Bass\u27s Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (1985) and the Gender Role Socialization Scale (1999), developed at the University of Toronto by Dr. Brenda Toner and her colleagues. One hundred respondents were recruited from Financial Women International, a professional business association of women, and LinkendIn, an online networking community for business professionals. Only respondents who were female and in management positions in the United States qualified for the study. Results indicated that there was no strong correlation between gender role internalization and leadership style in females
Queen Bees and Mommy Tracking: How\u27s an Academic Woman Supposed to Get Ahead?
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to highlight the socio-cultural variables that detract from women\u27s success in academe. The focus is on all women academics, whether partnered or not, and how mommy tracking and the queen bee may also work to hold women back. Implications of these issues for women academics are explored
Women\u27s Talk about Mentoring and Socialization in Local Policies
Get PDFResearch on mentoring and socialization in organizations determined that there are benefits to mentors, protégés, and organizations derived from these relationships (Burlew, 1991; Kram, 1983). However, previous research largely ignores mentoring and socialization at all levels of politics and political organizations and this study attempts to address this oversight. I pose questions about the extent to which women are mentored in local politics and political organizations. If they are being mentored, who is doing the mentoring? Are they being socialized into politics and political organizations and, if so, by whom? A total of nine women were interviewed and shared their experiences of mentoring and socialization in local politics. Interviewees ranged in age from the early 30s to the late 70s and from School Board to Mayor
Locus of Control Job Satisfaction Job Stress among Female Headteachers at Primary Schools in Makassar, Indonesia
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between internal locus of control and job satisfaction, job stress and sexesof female head-teachers of primary schools in Makassar, Indonesia. A total of 85 female respondents returned the completedquestionnaires. This is a one - phased quantitative research using questionnaire instruments to collect data. The questionnaireswere distributed by mailing them to the schools\u27 address of each respondent. The data were analyzed using SPSS package.Arithmetic statistics used such as mean, standard deviation, Pearson\u27s product moment correlation and stepwise multipleregression analysis. To establish content validity which supported construct validity, a principal component factor analysis wasapplied. The results of this study revealed that there was a significant correlation between internal locus of control and jobsatisfaction and job stress of female headteachers at elementary schools in Makassar. There was no relationship between sexes(married with children and had maid; married with children had no maid ) with internal locus of control of female headteachersin primary schools in Makassar, Indonesia
Building Leadership from Within the Ranks: Leadership Fellow Initiative
Get PDFCreative approaches in the field of leadership often yield positive results. This article highlights an example of how out of the box thinking with regard to building a strong leadership foundation in the area of higher education benefits a community of learners. Within the field of education and human services, a new administrator facilitates innovative approaches to provide opportunities of empowerment for team members. The sustainable and abundant positive results are outlined in detail