Race, gender, and leadership : re-envisioning organizational leadership from the perspectives of African American women executives / Patricia S. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Patricia Sue, 1958-

Series:

LEA's communication series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women executives.

African American women in the professions.

Leadership in women--United States.

Leadership in women.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 125 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, [2004]

Summary:

This book traces historical leadership "traditions" revealed in contemporary African American women executives' leadership approaches, deconstructs universal symbols of masculine and feminine leadership, and critically examines and reconfigures tradition

Contents:

Introduction: Re-Envisioning Leadership in the Postindustrial Era xi

Part I The Need for Race- and Gender-Inclusive Visions of Leadership in the Postindustrial Era

1 Visions of Leadership in Traditional (White Masculine) and (White) Feminine Leadership Approaches: A Review and Critique 3

2 A Meaning-Centered Approach to Leadership in the Postindustrial Era: A Critical Feminist Perspective 20

Part II African American Women: An Untapped Source of Leadership Knowledge

3 The Seeds of a Tradition of Leadership: Resisting Discourses of "Black Women as Fallen Womanhood/Black Women as 'Natural' Laborers" During U.S.-Institutionalized Slavery 33

4 Forging a Tradition of Leadership: Resisting Discourses of "Black Women as Marginal Workers" From Legal Emancipation Through the Civil Rights Movement 44

Part III African American Women Executives and 21st-Century Organizational Leadership: Deconstructing "Masculine" and "Feminine" Leadership, Embracing Duality in Leadership Practice

5 Re-Envisioning Instrumentality as Collaboration 65

6 Embracing Duality in Leadership Practice: Re-Envisioning Control as Empowerment and Community Building 72

7 Organizational Leadership Communication in the 21st Century: Toward Inclusive Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice 88.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-110) and indexes.

ISBN:

080584919X

OCLC:

54529741