Department of Educational Administration
Date of this Version
12-2015
Document Type
Article
Citation
JOURNAL OF WOMEN IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP 2015
Abstract
The leadership paths of successful women university presidents leading schools listed in the 2010 Carnegie Classification as being Research Universities, Very High Research are identified and described in the following manuscript. Two research questions guided the study: What is the path to the presidency? How do women university presidents recognize and negotiate barriers? Four female presidents were interviewed. The interviews were conducted at the president’s institution. Interviews were hand coded for themes related to the research questions. Findings indicated that women university presidents experience an uneven path to leadership that mirrors the labyrinth described by Eagly and Carli (2007). Participants experienced barriers related to gender, professional development and family life. Negotiation around these barriers was required for each president to achieve leadership success.
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Copyright (c) 2015 Tania Carlson Reis.