Women Leadership: Advancing with or without his support.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-360
Author(s):  
APOSTOLIA MATZIOURI
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Greek Population ◽  
Forthcoming Article ◽  
Women Leadership ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Phd Thesis

The present paper is built on data collected from our PhD thesis which addressed the burning issue of Women Leadership and which took the form of a census in the region of Western Macedonia and Thrace, which consists 10,7% of the total Greek territory and 5,7% of the Greek population respectively. More specifically, the information provided here resulted from the investigation of one of the seven topics that constituted our questionnaire and by which we tried to figure out the personal life of women-leaders in the Greek educational system, how they manage/cope with their multiple roles and responsibilities, whether their spouses are supportive (and if so how) or competitive. As with all studies, there are areas that I have been unable to tackle. One such area is the multidimensional issue of maternity. The latter will be exposed analytically in a forthcoming article.

Young Middle-Class Women, Consumption and Fitness in Contemporary India: ‘To Tackle All That is Thrown Her Way’

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Callie Batts Maddox
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Indian Woman ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Right ◽  
Working Out

This article examines the intersections of fitness, consumption, the middle class and the female body in contemporary India. Having grown up exposed to and interacting with global markets, brands and commodities, young middle-class Indian women seek to engage in cultural practices that distinguish them as members of an upwardly mobile class of urban professionals. For many young women, working out at a gym or fitness centre has become an important performative act that signifies ability to successfully navigate the globalised and cosmopolitan worlds. Drawing mainly from ethnographic fieldwork, the article suggests that the fit, young, middle-class body has become the ‘right’ female body in contemporary India and functions to reinforce a privileged social location. It underpins moralities of self-care and marks the rise of the global Indian woman prepared to tackle multiple roles and responsibilities.

Gender and the Superintendency

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Katz
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
White Women ◽  
American Association ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Forthcoming Article ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Direct Contrast

This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Please check back later for the full article. Significant research telling the stories of women’s experiences in the superintendency has been conducted only since the 1980s. Much of that research has been focused on white women, with fewer studies of women leaders of color. By the beginning of the new century, there were more women in the pipeline for the superintendency—more women in graduate educational leadership programs, more women in the elementary principalship, and more women in central office positions. Data from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) 2015 Study of the American Superintendent show that while increases have been made throughout the years, females make up only 27 percent of the superintendency, up only 2 percent from 2010. This stands in direct contrast to the female-dominated teaching force. Given that the position of teacher is the first step in the pathway toward the superintendency, women are clearly underrepresented as superintendents across the country. This problem has been a topic for many researchers, practicing academics, and doctoral students who choose the topic as research for dissertations.

scholarly journals GRANDPARENTS CARING FOR GRANDCHILDREN: HOW AGE AND AGING IMPACT PROVISION OF CHILDCARE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S723-S723
Author(s):  
MaryBeth A Apriceno ◽  
Stacey B Scott ◽  
Sheri Levy
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Wave Range ◽  
Dual Income ◽  
Economic Need

Abstract The economic need for dual-income households has contributed to more grandparents providing childcare for their grandchildren. Research on these grandparents has examined their life satisfaction, health, and spare time. Little work to date has examined how cross-sectional differences in grandparents’ age may contribute to when they begin providing childcare or how their increasing age while caregiving influences when they reduce or stop providing childcare. Using Health and Retirement Study data, we identified 5.38% of participants (N=516) who reported providing at least one hour of childcare for their grandchildren per wave (range=1-9,996) between 2004 and 2014. The resulting sample ranged from 44-88 years of age (M=59.78, SD=7.75) when they first reported providing childcare; 48.8% were retired during the study period. Using multilevel modeling, we tested age and retirement as predictors of individual differences in initial amount of childcare (intercept) and change in childcare (slope). Cross-sectionally, no significant differences in childcare hours were observed based on the age at which grandparents began caregiving or retirement status. Longitudinally, however, as grandparents got older during the study, hours of childcare decreased by 48 hours per year (B=-48.368, t(1584)=-6.55, p<.0001) relative to when they starting providing childcare. These results suggest grandparent childcare providers represent an age diverse group managing multiple roles and responsibilities who continue caregiving well into older adulthood. Future research on grandparents who provide childcare for their grandchildren should observe these individuals over time to better understand how aging impacts provision of care and to examine how aging may moderate previous cross-sectional findings.

scholarly journals ‘You have to keep your head on your shoulders’: A systems psychodynamic perspective on women leaders

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude-Helene Mayer ◽  
Louise Tonelli ◽  
Rudolf M. Oosthuizen ◽  
Sabie Surtee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Women Leadership ◽  
Tongue Position ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Education Resource ◽  
Role Confusion

Background:Women leaders within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa have increased in numbers over the past years and they have changed the dynamics in these institutions. Yet, it is a subject that has hardly been explored from the perspective of women leaders.Aim:The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of women leaders in HEIs from a systems psychodynamic perspective using the conflict, identity, boundaries, authority, roles, task (CIBART) model, a well-researched model to analyse systems psychodynamics and to gain a deeper understanding of (un)conscious dynamics within organisations.Methods:This qualitative study is based on Dilthey‘s modern hermeneutics. Interviews were conducted with 23 women leaders from the Higher Education Resource Services South Africa, network across 8 HEIs. Observations were conducted in one organisation to support the data analysis and interpretation. Data were analysed through content analysis.Findings:Findings show that women leaders re-evaluate and reconstruct themselves constantly within organisations. This continuous re-evaluation and reconstruction become visible through the constructs of the CIBART model. The findings reveal deeper insights into systems psychodynamics, which considers anxiety within the system where women leaders seem to contain such anxiety by mobilising specific defence mechanisms. Certain diversity markers, such as race, gender, mother tongue, position within the organisation and generational belonging play a role in creating the dynamics. Women leaders’ experience of de-authorisation and role confusion impacts significantly on women leadership and their action towards ownership.Practical implications: The study provides new, valuable and context-specific insights into women leadership seen through the lens of the CIBART model, highlighting unconscious dynamics that need practical attention in the HEIs to empower women leaders for gender-specific leadership training.Originality or value: Findings provide a foundation for future research on women leaders and applied solutions to empower women leaders, whilst reducing anxiety within the system. The study provides complex insights, which should create increasing awareness in women leaders towards being containers of anxiety and creating new ways of empowered women leadership.

Five Critical Domains of Effective Leadership in Higher Education Administration

2022 ◽  
pp. 90-113
Author(s):  
Deirdre M. Conway
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
Education Today

Higher education today consists of a complex myriad of varying levels with individuals tasked to perform multiple roles and responsibilities. Faculty and staff find themselves tasked with multiple responsibilities and fewer resources. Many who embark on the journey of becoming academic administrators and leaders in higher education often do so based on their technical expertise and successes as a faculty member within the institution. Few organizations prepare faculty to step into leadership roles with the appropriate training. One area which often lacks training is in the area of individual leadership capabilities and connecting with others within the organization to accomplish a common goal. This chapter will provide insight into five critical domains necessary for individuals to focus on developing before entering into a leadership role within a higher education institution. Within each domain are central and core competencies which help to determine effectiveness in higher education leadership.

Women Leaders in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Wang ◽  
Melika Shirmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Women Leadership ◽  
Leadership Research

The Problem Leadership research has received extensive attention; however, leadership research that focuses on women is still not part of the mainstream. Furthermore, our current knowledge about leadership is primarily built upon studies situated in the Western context. As a result, while we know much about leadership in general, our understanding of women leadership in a non-Western setting, specifically in China, is still limited. The Solution This scoping study was conducted to provide a holistic and balanced picture of women leadership progress in China through a literature review. By focusing on women leaders in China, we intend to extend our current understanding of the leadership phenomenon beyond the Western context and the mainstream research foci. The Stakeholders Developing women leaders is a collaborative effort, requiring multiple stakeholders. For China, findings from this research will benefit national policymakers, organizational leaders, human resource development practitioners, and women leaders. It will also inform Western organizations and managers who will interact with women leaders in China, as well as all scholars who pursue this line of inquiry.

scholarly journals Experience of women with a school-age child with down syndrome

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estela Kortchmar ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
School Age ◽  
Woman Worker ◽  
Future Projection ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mainstream School

The aim of this study was to understand the experience and expectations of women having a school-age child with Down Syndrome. Participants were ten mothers of children with this syndrome who attended a mainstream school and were interviewed in June 2011. The following categories emerged from the testimonies: 'coping with challenges', 'search for balance', 'future projection of the child with Down Syndrome' and 'conciliation among being a woman, worker and mother to a child with Down Syndrome'. The women feel overburdened by the need to conciliate multiple roles. They are concerned with not knowing who will take care of their child in the future, do not have time to take care of themselves and everything related to the personal life is referred to as a postponed desire. Despite nuances of particularities, these women's experiences represent a typical behavior that characterizes the action of women having a child with Down syndrome.

scholarly journals If Women Lead Good and Deal Better Then Why is Women Leadership Still a Snake and Ladder Game?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanusree Chakraborty ◽  
Raiswa Saha
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Organizational Growth ◽  
Women Leadership ◽  
Women In Business ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Leadership Changes ◽  
Women's Role

Combining the conceptualizations of research in women leadership, changes have been typically found in the literature which shows a transformational perspective of women in business settings. Despite the changing patterns of political growth and technological advancements, women are still at the backdrop of business houses which creates an open forum of discussion for the backlash against the female leadership. Close evidences of women leadership studies revealed an enhanced organizational growth with leadership characteristics depicted by the females. With the reflections of feminine behavior as a stereotype has to challenge the societies visualization and indeed form a competitive symbol to address the futuristic commitments and journey towards equality. Corporate life is historically been targeted towards male community in terms of assertiveness, confidence, availability Thus, the manifestation of the leadership concept has naturally been shaped by gender roles and values. With the emergence of women leadership concept in 1970’s there can be seen a progression towards women’s role in the business life which has markedly made a difference in the leadership school of thought. Women, who have traditionally been put aside compared to men in leadership positions, have emerged as leaders in some societies more than others. With this background, the present study attempts to compile the factors that takes women to a much elevated position in terms of capabilities and makes her must probable to higher steps in the organizational ladder, on the other hand the study also tries to probe into the factors that pulls her legs down the ladder. What makes women leaders still in a snake and ladder game?

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