Women and leadership : the state of play and strategies for change / Editores Barbara Kellerman, Deborah L. Rhode ; prefacio Sandra Day O'Connor.

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Part one. Gender differences and gender stereotypes ; 1. Crossing the bridge: reflections on women and leadership ; 2. The great women theory of leadership: perils of positive stereotypes and precarious pedestals ; 3. Overcoming resistance to women leaders: the importance of leadership style ; 4. Women, leadership, and the natural order ; 5. What difference will women judges make? Looking once more at the "woman question" ; Part two. Leadership in context: women in politics ; 6. Opening the door: women leaders and constitution building in Iran and Afghanistan ; 7. Will gender balance in politics come by itself? ; 8. The future of women's political leadership: gender and the decision to run for elective office ; 9. It's woman time ; 10. She's the candidate! A woman for president ; Part three. Leadership redefined: authority, authenticity, power ; 11. Leadership, authority, and women: a man's challenge ; 12. Bringing your whole self to work: lessons in authentic engagement from women leaders ; 13. Women and power: new perspectives on old challenges ; 14. Women in corporate leadership: status and prospects ; Part four. Redefining the problem, recasting the solutions ; 15. Off-ramps and on-ramps: women's nonlinear career paths ; 16. Isn't she delightful? Creating relationships that get women to the top (and keep them there) ; 17. Disrupting gender, revising leadership.

Women and Leadership reúne en un volumen completo a académicos preeminentes de una variedad de disciplinas para abordar los desafíos que involucran a las mujeres y el liderazgo. Estos expertos exploran cuándo y cómo las mujeres ejercen el poder y qué se interpone en su camino. Este innovador volumen ofrece a los lectores un análisis informado del estado de la mujer, el liderazgo y el pensamiento más informado y actual sobre los peligros de los estereotipos.