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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783595203321

Autore

Parker Patricia Sue <1958->

Titolo

Race, gender, and leadership [[electronic resource] ] : re-envisioning organizational leadership from the perspectives of African American women executives / / Patricia S. Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, c2005

ISBN

1410611256

1-135-61399-0

1-282-37507-5

9786612375071

1-4106-1125-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

303.3/4/082

Soggetti

African American women executives

African American women in the professions

Leadership in women - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-110) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: Re-Envisioning Leadership in the Postindustrial Era; Part I: The Need for Race- and Gender-Inclusive Visions of Leadership in the Postindustrial Era; Part II: African American Women: An Untapped Source of Leadership Knowledge; Part III: African American Women Executives and 21st-Century Organizational Leadership: Deconstructing ""Masculine"" and ""Feminine"" Leadership, Embracing Duality in Leadership Practice; Appendix A: Interview Protocols; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Much has been written about a model of leadership that emphasizes women's values and experiences, that is in some ways distinct from male models of leadership. This book redirects the focus to a view of leadership as a multicultural phenomenon that moves beyond dualistic notions of ""masculine"" and ""feminine"" leadership, and focuses more specifically on leadership as the management of meaning, including the meanings of the notion of ""organizational leader.""   This volume focuses on leadership ""traditions"" revealed in the history of Black



women in America and exemplified in t