Exploring the Lives of Women Who Lead

Exploring the Lives of Women Who Lead

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cloninger, Susan K.
Language:English
Published: Antioch University / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:
Gender Studies
Business Community
Organizational Behavior
senior female leaders
organization
leading
glass box
glass ceiling
gender parity
workplace
No Womens Land
Relational Cultural Theory
masculine hegemony
marriage
culture of work
grounded theory
women
leadership
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1503333455887966
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-antioch15033334558879662021-08-03T07:03:57Z Exploring the Lives of Women Who Lead Cloninger, Susan K. Gender Studies Business Community Organizational Behavior senior female leaders organization leading glass box glass ceiling gender parity workplace No Womens Land Relational Cultural Theory masculine hegemony marriage culture of work grounded theory women leadership Scholars have identified various reasons for the underrepresentation of women in the upper echelons of organizations. This study used grounded theory methodology enhanced by situational analysis to explore how American women at senior levels in large organizational contexts engage and negotiate the totality of their situation. Utilizing a predominately White, married, middle to upper class, heterosexual sample, this study sought to understand how women create and consign meaning around their experiences; how they experience the fluidity and boundaries of multiple identities; and how they experience the entanglement of macro, meso, and micro societal forces. It explores relationships among factors participants named as influential in experience in leading. Most importantly, this study sought to elevate not just one component as problematic, but to elucidate all interconnecting complexities that are problematic. Five key contexts were identified in the situational analysis as spaces of influence, related to the conditions of the dimensional analysis. Five emergent dimensions were rendered in the dimensional analysis: <i>Growing in Leadership, Solving for Having It All; Stalking the Unknown, Leading in a Glass Box</i> and <i>Negotiating Equality</i>. A grounded theory model was developed of the experience of women who lead, providing an interactive model of how women interpret and engage with the totality of their situation. Four theoretical propositions were extrapolated from the study. The study combined a commanding view of the situation in which women lead, with an interactive theoretical model, mapping places of entry toward resolution of gender leadership parity. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu 2017-08-29 English text Antioch University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1503333455887966 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1503333455887966 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Gender Studies
Business Community
Organizational Behavior
senior female leaders
organization
leading
glass box
glass ceiling
gender parity
workplace
No Womens Land
Relational Cultural Theory
masculine hegemony
marriage
culture of work
grounded theory
women
leadership
spellingShingle Gender Studies
Business Community
Organizational Behavior
senior female leaders
organization
leading
glass box
glass ceiling
gender parity
workplace
No Womens Land
Relational Cultural Theory
masculine hegemony
marriage
culture of work
grounded theory
women
leadership
Cloninger, Susan K.
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