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Women Leading Women: Reinforcing The Glass Ceiling?, Marian A. Suarez
Women Leading Women: Reinforcing The Glass Ceiling?, Marian A. Suarez
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This qualitative narrative study explored the experiences of 10 women who worked in Corporate America and reported to female supervisors, and the perceptions they attached to those relationships with regard to their professional growth and career advancement. The main goal of the study was to understand how these women felt their female leaders either helped or hindered their climb up the corporate ladder. The Social Cognitive Theory of Gender Development and the narrative inquiry framework were used to shed light on the experiences reported by the female employees and how their gender and the gender of their supervisors may have …
Leadership Programs For Women In Higher Education, Susan R. Madsen, Karen A. Longman, Jessica Daniels
Leadership Programs For Women In Higher Education, Susan R. Madsen, Karen A. Longman, Jessica Daniels
Susan R. Madsen
The purpose of this abstract is to propose an AHRD conference symposium that will focus on leadership programs for women in higher education. This would be the first of four presentations, and will set the stage for a symposium that would be based on articles that will be published in a February 2012 Special Issue of Advances. I have discussed this with the Editor-in-Chief of Advances and the 2012 AHRD Conference Program Chair and received approval for this submission.