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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Senior Leadership"”.
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Women in senior leadership positions: higher education in eSwatini
… an increase in the number of women appointed to senior leadership positions. However, research indicates that despite the increase in the number of women who are senior leaders in HEIs, women still face certain barriers to not only their advancement, but also to fulfilling their roles as leaders …
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Group coaching for leaders in transition to senior leadership positions
… coaching can support leaders in transition to senior leadership positions, and develops a theoretical and practical framework to inform group coaching practice. Leader transitions are not measured, though they may be a factor in leadership failure, as transitions are known to be difficult at …
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Intercultural leadership : variations in Chinese Canadian perspectives of career mobility into senior leadership roles
… minorities, specifically Chinese Canadians, in leadership roles. This qualitative study investigated the career experiences and perspectives of Chinese Canadians working in a large financial institution in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia. This research goes beyond the paradigm …
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Women in Senior Leadership Roles: A Quantitative Analysis of Representation Across Texas Public Universities
The quantitative study examined women in leadership positions in academic and non-academic roles across 36 public institutions in Texas. Despite women attaining higher levels of educational credentials than men (National Center for Education Statistics, 2023), they remain underrepresented in senior …
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Pathways to C-Suite: The Role of Women Cultivating Senior Leadership Among Other Women
… of a sample of women who currently hold senior leadership positions. Participant criteria included holding a leadership position in an organization with over 100 employees, having at least one additional level of management reporting below their level, and being at least 40 years of age. …
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An exploration of women’s representation in senior leadership positions in the English National Health Service
… NHS workforce, do they constitute only 44% of leadership roles (NHS, 2016)? The title of this research project is An Exploration of Women’s Representation in Senior Leadership Positions in the English National Health Service. This title is aligned to the following research question, ‘Does a …
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Progress in question: a qualitative thematic analysis of disciplinary power, and Black senior leadership in Canadian policing
The perception of “progress” for racialized officers within contemporary Canadian policing – particularly equity, diversity, and inclusion reforms – remains underexplored. Existing scholarship predominantly emphasizes increased representation at lower ranks, often neglecting the implications of …
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Barriers to the C-Suite: The Impact of Perceptions of Gender Bias on Women Leaders’ Senior Leadership Ambitions
… current research examined whether women leaders' senior leadership ambitions are more strongly negatively affected by perceptions of gender bias (i.e., subtle gender bias, inequity, and mistreatment) in the workplace than leaders who are men and whether this association occurs through cynicism …
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Senior Leadership Commitment to Continuous Process Improvement for a Culture Change: A Case Study of a U.S. Air Force Organization
… that a culture change cannot occur without senior leadership commitment. This research study takes an Air Force organization whose senior leaders are committed to continuous process improvement and surveys the personnel under this leadership to determine if a culture change has occurred. To …
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What are the experiences of challenges to confidence during senior leadership transition and how does coaching support leaders with confidence at this transition point?
Existing research into senior leadership transition acknowledges that it is a challenging process but does not look at the impact on the leader and, in particular, on their confidence. Confidence in the coaching literature seems to have been neglected, other than quantitative studies of …
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Leadership Rounding: Improving Frontline Nurse Satisfaction
<p>The amount of time nurse managers and senior leadership spend with frontline or bedside staff impacts their ability to empower, engage and retain staff. Improving nurse satisfaction in relationship to teamwork, perception of senior leadership and attitude about direct management should be a …
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How can you be what you can’t see? : a multiple case study exploring Black women’s experiences in senior leadership positions in higher education and the strategies they use to combat systemic barriers.
… continued underrepresentation of Black women in senior-level leadership positions in higher education, particularly at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Despite comprising the largest demographic among non-White women and achieving notable progress in higher education degree attainment, …
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Determining how work process influences organizational results using the Malcolm Baldrige Excellence Framework
… Excellence, Organizational Alignment, and Leadership.| This quantitative study relied on the collection and analysis of data including median scores from Baldrige participants between 2008 and 2014 and from participants from 2016 through statistical modeling. An analysis of quantitative …
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Women teachers career advancement: an exploration of choice in context
… choices of seven female teachers in mesolevel leadership positions at three Western Cape schools. It explores their decisions to apply or refrain from applying for senior leadership positions through an examination of the interplay between their leadership disposition, habitus and the field of …
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Primary school senior leaders’ experiences of a work discussion group: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
… of support. Less still, the experience of senior leaders. Work discussion groups (WDGs) have been reported to be an effective resource to senior leaders reporting a virtual absence of prior training and opportunity to reflect on the impact of management (Jackson, 2008). In order to extend …
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Cultivating Hope: Cocreating a Positive Future on the Frontlines of Healthcare for Port Hardy Hospital
… recommendations and are supported by local and senior leadership.
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Intersectionality in corporate South Africa: the experiences of African black female leaders
… deficiency (perceptions that women have minimal leadership potential); and (2) agentic penalty (a backlash against counter-stereotypical behaviour from certain women). There has generally been an assumption that the stereotypes upon which these biases are based are comparable for women across …
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Exploring the under-representation of women at Vice Chancellor level in the UK through gender and leadership development lenses
… to increase the number. It also examines whether leadership development can make a difference to increasing women’s representation in senior academic leadership. • Research questions 1. To what extent is the under-representation of women in senior academic leadership a result of gendered senior …
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Designing a learning and development strategy for nonacademic leaders at a mid-sized university
… increased competition and rising demands, senior leaders need to find new ways of developing one of their most important assets, their employees. Using an action research approach, this inquiry sought participants' perspectives through an online survey and a world café. This inquiry puts …
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