{"product_id":"women-and-leadership-isbn-9780787988333","title":"Women and Leadership","description":"\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one comprehensive volume preeminent scholars from a range of disciplines to address the challenges involving women and leadership. These experts explore when and how women exercise power and what stands in their way. This groundbreaking volume offers readers an informed analysis of the state of women and leadership and offers the most informed and current thinking on  \u003cp\u003e·        The perils of stereotypes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        The importance of leadership style\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Gender differences in the decision to seek leadership roles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Lessons from women leaders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        “Opt out” patterns and the need for flexible career paths\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Global inequalities and initiatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Strategies that get women to the top \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for understanding recent progress  toward equal opportunity and the challenges that remain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Leadership: The State of Play 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah L. Rhode, Barbara Kellerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE. GENDER DIFFERENCES AND GENDER STEREOTYPES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Crossing the Bridge: Reflections on Women and Leadership 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNannerl O. Keohane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Great Women Theory of Leadership? Perils of Positive Stereotypes and Precarious Pedestals 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTodd L. Pittinsky, Laura M. Bacon, Brian Welle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Overcoming Resistance to Women Leaders: The Importance of Leadership Style 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda L. Carli and Alice H. Eagly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Women, Leadership, and the Natural Order 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosalind Chait Barnett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. What Difference Will Women Judges Make? Looking Once More at the “Woman Question” 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnita F. Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO. LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT: WOMEN IN POLITICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Opening the Door: Women Leaders and Constitution Building in Iran and Afghanistan 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePippa Norris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Will Gender Balance in Politics Come by Itself? 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDrude Dahlerup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Future of Women’s Political Leadership: Gender and the Decision to Run for Elective Office 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard L. Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. It’s Woman Time 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarie C. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. She’s the Candidate! A Woman for President 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth B. Mandel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE. LEADERSHIP REDEFINED: AUTHORITY, AUTHENTICITY, POWER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Leadership, Authority, and Women: A Man’s Challenge 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonald A. Heifetz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Bringing Your Whole Self to Work: Lessons in Authentic Engagement from Women Leaders 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Morgan Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Women and Power: New Perspectives on Old Challenges 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvangelina Holvino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Women in Corporate Leadership: Status and Prospects 383\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Giscombe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR. REDEFINING THE PROBLEM, RECASTING THE SOLUTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Women’s Nonlinear Career Paths 407\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSilvia Ann Hewlett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Isn’t She Delightful? Creating Relationships That Get Women to the Top (and Keep Them There) 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren L. Proudford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership 453\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDebra Meyerson, Robin Ely, Laura Wernick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 489\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Moving from the theoretical to the practical, contributors also offer strategies that can increase women's presence in leadership positions across the globe. Highly recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a good read for men and women from all professions.\" (\u003ci\u003eSupply Management\u003c\/i\u003e, Thursday 15th November 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBarbara Kellerman\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Director of the Center for Public Leadership and Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government. She served as the Center's Executive Director from 2000-2003. Kellerman has held professorships at Fordham, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, and Uppsala Universities. She also served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Fairleigh Dickinson, and as Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship and three Fulbright fellowships. At Uppsala (1996-97), she held the Fulbright Chair in American Studies. Kellerman is author and editor of many books. She appears often on media outlets such as CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, NPR, and BBC Radio; and she has contributed articles and reviews to, among others, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the Harvard Business Review.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah L. Rhode\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics.   She is the former Director of the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession at Stanford University School of Law; the former chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and the former president of the Association of American Law Schools.   She also served as senior counsel to the Minority members of the Judiciary Committee, the United States House of Representatives, on presidential impeachment issues. She is the second most frequently cited scholar on legal ethics and the National Law Journal has profiled her as one of the country's fifty most influential women lawyers.   She has received the American Bar Foundation's W. M. Keck Foundation Award for Distinguished Scholarship on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and the American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Award for her work on expanding public service opportunities in law schools. She    clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall before  she joined the Stanford faculty.   She is a former director of Stanford's Institute for Research on Women and Gender and writes primarily in the area of legal ethics and gender discrimination.   She is currently a columnist for the National Law Journal and Vice Chair of the Board of the NOW Legal Defense Fund.   She has also served as a trustee of Yale University and member of the board of Equal Rights Advocates.  She is the author or coauthor of fifteen books and over 100 articles.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e“This book provides the most comprehensive account to date of women’s persistent underrepresentation in leadership roles, why it matters, and what can be done to change it.”\u003c\/i\u003e—From the Foreword by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite recent progress, women seeking leadership positions face persistent and pervasive barriers. These include gender bias in leadership opportunities, gender inequalities in family responsibilities, inflexibilities in workplace structures, and inadequacies in social polices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one comprehensive volume preeminent scholars from a range of disciplines to address the challenges involving women and leadership. These experts explore when and how women exercise power and what stands in their way. This groundbreaking volume offers readers an informed analysis of the state of women and leadership and offers the most informed and current thinking on\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        The perils of stereotypes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        The importance of leadership style\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Gender differences in the decision to seek leadership roles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Lessons from women leaders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        “Opt out” patterns and the need for flexible career paths\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Global inequalities and initiatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·        Strategies that get women to the top \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable for understanding recent progress  toward equal opportunity and the challenges that remain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  “This book is an important antidote for the conventional ‘wisdom’ and faulty ‘science’ reported in the media and in mass market trade books. It is must-reading for the informed public and particularly for young people positioned to become the leaders of the next generation.”--Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, distinguished professor, Graduate Center, City University of  New York, and president,  the American Sociological  Association 2005-2006  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Now, for the first time, there is a compendium of thought as to why women in the United States are so vastly underrepresented in the halls of power, whether business, political, or religious. \u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone who cares about more balanced societies and better problem solving.”--Christie Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Kellerman and Rhode’s fascinating book offers a fresh perspective on a troublesomely familiar question, ‘Why are there not more women in leadership positions in the workplace and in society?’ The value of the book is derived from how well it keeps its eye on the prize: work environments and societies in which everyone has the opportunity to give exactly what she (or he) has to contribute.”--Gary N. Powell, professor of management and Ackerman Scholar, University of Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e is an important, timely, and very refreshing contribution to a debate that should be over by now. This is certain to become a definitive work in the field.”--Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, and best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eConfidence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWomen and Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare and fascinating study. This remarkable new leadership resource moves us beyond the old ‘glass ceiling’ preconceptions of the past into a new understanding of challenge and opportunity for women.”--Frances Hesselbein, chairman, Leader to Leader Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“American women have made impressive strides toward positions of authority and leadership, but they remain achingly far from the promised land. This book provides the most authoritative exploration yet published of the obstacles still in the way and strategies for overcoming them.  It is packed with insights and understanding from many of the best in the field--all pointing the way forward. Bravo!”--David Gergen, professor of public service and director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard’s Kennedy School    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990501441765,"sku":"NP9780787988333","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787988333.jpg?v=1761788082","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/women-and-leadership-isbn-9780787988333","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}