Women and leadership
Subtitle: the state of play and strategies for change
By: Barbara Kellerman, Deborah L. Rhode, editors ; foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor
Contributors: Kellerman, Barbara; Rhode, Deborah L; O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Warren Bennis signature series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
ISBN-13: 9780787988333
Subjects: Leadership in women; Sex discrimination against women; Women in the professions; Women in public life
Other titles: Women & leadership
Description: 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.
Notes: "A Warren Bennis book"--P. [ii]

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sandra Day O'Connor; title: Women and leadership: the state of play / Deborah L. Rhode, Barbara Kellerman; title: Gender differences and gender stereotypes; title: Crossing the bridge: reflections on women and leadership / Nannerl O. Keohane; title: The great women theory of leadership: perils of positive stereotypes and precarious pedestals / Todd L. Pittinsky, Laura M. Bacon, Brian Welle; title: Overcoming resistance to women leaders: the importance of leadership style / Linda L. Carli and Alice H. Eagly; title: Women, leadership, and the natural order / Rosalind Chait Barnett; title: What difference will women judges make? Looking once more at the "woman question" / Anita F. Hill; title: Leadership in context: women in politics; title: Opening the door: women leaders and constitution building in Iran and Afghanistan / Pippa Norris; title: Will gender balance in politics come by itself? / Drude Dahlerup; title: The future of women's political leadership: gender and the decision to run for elective office / Richard L. Fox; title: It's woman time / Marie C. Wilson; title: She's the candidate! A woman for president / Ruth B. Mandel; title: Leadership redefined: authority, authenticity, power; title: Leadership, authority, and women: a man's challenge / Ronald A. Heifetz; title: Bringing your whole self to work: lessons in authentic engagement from women leaders / Laura Morgan Roberts; title: Women and power: new perspectives on old challenges / Evangelina Holvino; title: Women in corporate leadership: status and prospects / Katherine Giscombe; title: Redefining the problem, recasting the solutions; title: Off-ramps and on-ramps: women's nonlinear career paths / Silvia Ann Hewlett; title: Isn't she delightful? Creating relationships that get women to the top (and keep them there) / Karen L. Proudford; title: Disrupting gender, revising leadership / Debra Meyerson, Robin Ely, Laura Wernick