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Women leaders as agents of change in higher education organizations

López Yáñez, Julián; Sánchez Moreno, Marita - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 2, pp. 86-102

Purpose – This paper seeks to point out the relationship between women leadership and their role in the transformation … leaders perform their managerial functions, the leadership styles that they deploy, as well as the transformations they … flexible and adaptive common orientation in terms of leadership was found, which leads one to suggest that leadership style is …

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Leader evaluations: a new female advantage?

Powell, Gary N.; Butterfield, D. Anthony; Bartol, Kathryn M. - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 3, pp. 156-174

vignette of either a male or female leader who exhibited either a transformational or transactional leadership style and then … and leadership to account for such results and testing of the extended theories is recommended. Practical implications …

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The relationship between feminist/womanist identity and leadership styles of women managers in Turkey

Çınar Altıntaş, Füsun; Hakan Altıntaş, Murat - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 3, pp. 175-193

leadership styles. Design/methodology/approach – Three main constructs were used to measure the relationship between feminist and … womanist identity and leadership styles: womanist identity attitude scale, feminist identity composite scale, and GLOBE … leadership scale. Data were collected by web‐based survey from the 102 female managers of large‐scale private sector companies in …

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Boards of directors and gender diversity in UK companies

Martin, Lynn M.; Warren‐Smith, Izzy; Scott, Jonathan M.; … - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 3, pp. 194-208

Purpose – This paper is an exploratory quantitative study aimed at providing the first overview of the incidence of female directors in UK companies, mapped against types of firms. It provides a unique quantitative perspective on the types of companies with boards on which female directors...

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Gender differences in leadership competencies, expatriate readiness, and performance

Connerley, Mary L.; Mecham, Ross L.; Strauss, Judy P. - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 5, pp. 300-316

/methodology/approach – A total of 11 global leadership competencies and perceptions of expatriate readiness for international assignments …

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The performance of women and men in organisations: a theatre studies approach

Biehl, Brigitte - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 23 (2008) 7, pp. 522-527

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to draw on theatre theory to develop the notion of gender performativity in organisational contexts. It presents an interdisciplinary approach that is fruitful in an era of increasing organisational aestheticisation and persistent aesthetic...

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Working women positioning themselves in the leader‐follower relationship as a result of pregnancy

Mäkelä, Liisa - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 24 (2009) 1, pp. 46-62

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify how pregnant women position themselves in the relationship with their immediate leader as a result of their pregnancy. Secondly, this study explores what kind of discourses pregnant followers' produce and use when they represent the reasons...

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Management, leadership and gender representation in UK higher and further education

McTavish, Duncan; Miller, Karen - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 24 (2009) 3, pp. 178-194

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse gender representation in leadership and management in further and …, career motivators and inhibitors, supportiveness of line managers, perceptions of organisational leadership and culture with … leadership could do more to advance the careers of women; men did not. Originality/value – This is the first study of its kind to …

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Revisiting leadership styles and attitudes towards women as managers in Greece

Galanaki, Eleanna; Papalexandris, Nancy; Halikias, John - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 24 (2009) 7, pp. 484-504

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deal with the attitudes towards women as managers, and the leadership style … changed during the last 15 years, in terms of attitudes towards women in management, as well as in terms of the leadership … of leadership styles. Findings – The 2006 initial findings indicate greater presence of women in managerial positions …

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Female educational leadership in the UK and Greece

Mitroussi, Anastasia; Mitroussi, Kyriaki - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 24 (2009) 7, pp. 505-522

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on investigating the role of gender on educational leadership in … the context of two differing cultures. The focus will be on exploring whether gender appears to impact on the leadership … roles in education by examining the extent of female participation in leadership across educational levels in Greece and the …

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