3-Dimensional Portrait of the Female CEO

Autor/inn/en	Lemasters, Linda; Roach, Virginia
Titel	3-Dimensional Portrait of the Female CEO
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 7 (2012) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-9635
Schlagwörter	Females; Gender Bias; Superintendents; Women Administrators; Gender Issues; Literature Reviews; Feminism; Barriers; Career Development; Leadership Responsibility; Socialization; Physiology; Administrator Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Schulrat; Weibliche Führungskraft; Geschlechterfrage; Feminismus; Berufsentwicklung; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Physiologie
Abstract	Dobie and Hummel (2001) asserted that the school superintendency is the most male-dominated position within the field of education. According to a 1992 study, 72% of educators were women; however, only 13.2% of superintendents are women (Glass, 1992). The most recent survey by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) found that progress had been made, as 24.1% of the school district CEOs were female (Kowalski, McCord, Petersen, Young, & Ellerson, 2010); however, these data continue to reflect a disparity. Statistics indicate that the female superintendent operates in a world not of her making and in a paradigm designed around men. Considering that 50% of students in the classroom and 72% of teachers are female, nowhere does one see a dissonance that is greater than in the area of the school superintendency. Yet, the data tell only part of the story. The image the data conjure up is of a passive victim, yet women are increasingly making significant contributions in terms of defining district leadership. This review of the literature is based on a three-part conceptual framework suggesting that women lead in different ways than men do based on physiological and socialization differences, which are viewed negatively by the male-dominated culture. This gender bias is expressed in both the glass ceiling women face when approaching the superintendency as well as their experiences as superintendents. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10