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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Women executives"”.
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Follow Her Lead: Understanding the Leadership Behaviors of Women Executives
… This research on the leadership behaviors of women executives addresses a gap in both research and practice (Helgesen, 1990; Kanter, 1977; Levitt, 2010; Marshall, 1995; Rosener, 1990). </p><p>The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) and a brief demographic questionnaire were completed by 320 …
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Women at the top: an investigation into the lived experience of women executives holding top posts in the UK
… thesis listens to the lived experience of 12 women holding, or who have recently held, top executive posts in the UK. The research includes two face to face interviews with each participant pursuing an abductive methodology and constructive grounded theory analysis of the data. Key findings of …
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What future worlds of work do women executives aspire to and how might they be accomplished?: an exploratory study within banking and professional service companies in London and New York
… the questions "to what future worlds of work do women executives aspire, and how might these aspirations be accomplished?" This is undertaken through a futures study within the banking and professional services industries, in which, despite over 30 years of organisational initiatives, …
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The Career Development of Women in Executive-Level Positions in Information Technology
Despite the impressive increase of women in the workforce, they continue to be underrepresented in managerial positions in the information technology (IT) field. This gender gap is most evident at the senior management and executive levels. Although many women have advanced to the ranks of middle …
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Hail to the War Princess: Security Crisis and Gendered Dynamics of Executive Leadership in Central and Eastern Europe
… questions as to the context within which these women govern. Previous literature indicates that constituents find male government officials to be more competent when dealing with issues of security (Lawless, 2004; Kang and Kim, 2020), while populations often prefer men's leadership during …
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Eudaimonic career identities – Finnish executive women’s career navigation at the top management level
… countries in the world, Finland, the share of women in executive business roles has remained at less than 20%. This thesis examines the career identities of executive women in business-related roles in large companies in Finland. A model of eudaimonic career identities was built to understand …
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Women managers in Israel
… objective of the research is to examine Israeli women in management, and to illuminate the problems that characterize both women on their way to the top and those who have already reached t he top. In order to see whether Israel is different from other countries in this aspect, I present a …
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Pathways to C-Suite: The Role of Women Cultivating Senior Leadership Among Other Women
… been slow progress over the past four decades, women are still underrepresented in C-suite organizational positions. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the role that other women, both personal and professional, have had in the career trajectories of a sample of women who …
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Women C-Suite Executives In Cybersecurity: Transformational Experiences And Gender Barriers On Their Leadership Journeys
… field and the skilled professionals available. Women currently fill less than 17% of those skilled positions. Understanding the paths of success and the barriers experienced by women cybersecurity leaders is key to determining how to fill the skill gap in the industry. This study uses a …
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Socially Responsible and Small: A Quantitative Study of Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Organizations in the United States
… their social practices with the vast majority of executives declaring CSR important to their organization’s success. Despite this increase in attention – which occurred among businesses of all sizes – the academic literature on CSR has focused almost exclusively on large, public companies. …
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Differences Are Not Deficits: Women Introverting While Black Through The Ascent To Executive Leadership In Higher Education
… of employee behaviors and characteristics. Black women executives identifying as introverted who lead with their authentic personas and intersected marginalized identities, benefit employers, employees, students, and the institution’s brand and bottom line. Introversion and extroversion, ways to …
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Intersectional perspectives of black women on boards: the illusion of inclusion
The chronic underrepresentation of Black women in senior leadership roles within United Kingdom organisations demonstrates long-standing systemic injustice and necessitates immediate scholarly attention. Despite the increased emphasis on diversity and inclusion, existing research has not adequately …
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Trends in Texas Public School Administration for Women
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An explanation for differential career progression for women in Nigerian banking industry.
This thesis evaluated a current snapshot of women's experiences and career progression in the Nigerian banking industry. Women globally (including Nigeria) are underrepresented in the upper echelons in corporate settings. Several studies have previously been conducted to explain the …
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