Communicative understandings of women's leadership development : from ceilings of glass to labyrinth paths / edited by Elesha L. Ruminski and Annette M. Holba.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruminski, Elesha L., 1971-

Holba, Annette, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership in women.

Women school administrators.

Women executives.

Communication in management.

Physical Description:

xiv, 228 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]

Summary:

This book claims a space for women's leadership studies and acknowledges the paradigmatic shift from discussing women's leadership using the glass ceiling phenomenon to what Eagly and Carli (Through the Labyrinth, 2007) identify as the labyrinth of leadership. Recognizing this metaphoric shift is crucial because many women now develop leadership amid the postmodern flux of organizational change; hierarchical, top-down systems are being eroded in lieu of transformational, collaborative, even improvisational leadership processes.

Women's leadership studies is emerging as a fruitful interdisciplinary area that reframes the debate about whether we live, work, and learn within a third-wave feminist or postfeminist context. Ruminski and Holba's edited collection explores and highlights a variety of feminist and nonfeminist intersections, and is thus an important and timely contribution to both marking where we are with women's leadership development in higher education and how women can further develop themselves as leaders. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Women's Communicative Leadership in Higher Education / Janie M. Harden Fritz, Duquesne University 19

2 Cultivating Women Leaders: One Voice at a Time / Tamara L. Burk Burk, Tamara L., Ned S. Laff, Columbia College Laff, Ned S., Columbia College, Erin L. Payseur, Baylor University (Previously at Columbia College) Payseur, Erin L., Baylor University (Previously at Columbia College) 37

3 Education for Global Leadership: A Leadership Agenda for Women / Diane A. Forbes Berthoud, University of California-San Diego 57

4 Teaching Women's Leadership: The Interdisciplinarity and Gendering of Curricular Leadership Development / Elesha L. Ruminski, Sheri A. Whalen, Amy C. Branam, Frostburg State University Branam, Amy C., Frostburg State University 73

5 Development of a Women and Leadership Course to Increase Awareness of and Involvement by Women in Entrepreneurship Education / Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University Duval-Couetil, Nathalie, Purdue University, Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University Dohrman, Rebecca L., Maryville University 97

6 Creating a Consciousness of Leadership: A Case Study of a University Women's CR Group / Jenna Stephenson-Abetz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Stephenson-Abetz, Jenna, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Melissa Wood Alemán, James Madison University Alemán, Melissa Wood, James Madison University 113

7 Women's Leadership in the Academy: Identifying, Evaluating, and Rewarding Feminine Contributions / Jennifer A. Malkowski, University of Colorado at Boulder Malkowski, Jennifer A., University of Colorado at Boulder 135

8 Making It Up as You Go: The Socially Constructed Improvisation of Women's Organizational Leadership / Cam W. Jacocks, Texas Christian University Jacocks, Cam W., Texas Christian University 155

9 Women and Politics: Leadership and Communication on the Campaign Trail / Tracey Quigley Holden, University of Delate Holden, Tracey Quigley, University of Delate, Sandra L. Frenck, Radford University Frenck, Sandra L., Radford University 181

10 Women and Leisure: Communicative Leaders for the Twenty-First Century / Annette M. Holba, Plymouth State University Holba, Annette M., Plymouth State University 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739166437

0739166433

9780739166444

0739166441

9780739171080

0739171089

OCLC:

742512301