Although it is quite easy to identify women leaders, men continue to occupy the vast majority
of leadership roles in the world. It has been argued that one of the reasons for this …

How does gender affect opportunities for leadership? This chapter examines the current
status of women as leaders and explores factors that contribute to gender differences in …

Nearly 30 years have passed since the term “woman leader” reflected the reality that women
in management and leadership positions were, at best, an anomaly and, at worst …

A bstract Despite the fact that women are making inroads into the boardrooms, they are still
underrepresented in higher management positions in companies, in politics, and in …

More than 20 years have passed since the common use of the term “woman leader”
reflected the reality that women in management and leadership positions were, at best, an …

The reality of ongoing underrepresentation of women in senior-level leadership roles
worldwide has been repeatedly documented in studies and reports dating back decades …

This article introduces a conceptual model for understanding how young women perceive
the current challenges of leadership. Numerous studies and articles claim that women are …

Since the women's movement of the 1960s, women worldwide have become much more
visible at the senior levels of public and private sector organizations and within the political …

Research on women in leadership was not conducted prior to the 1970s even though
leadership had been studied for centuries (Chemers, 1997). This gap in the literature is …

As the number of women increases in the workforce and in leadership roles, it is important to
have the models to understand the intersection of gender and leadership. What is effective …