Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership

Edited by Susan R. Madsen, Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business,Utah State University, US

Contents:

Foreword xxii
Sally Helgesen
Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership xxiv
Susan R. Madsen

PART I SETTING THE STAGE
1 The current status of women leaders worldwide 2
Elizabeth Goryunova and Susan R. Madsen
2 A brief landscape of research on women and leadership 23
Sherylle J. Tan and Lisa DeFrank-Cole
3 Reflections on glass: second-wave feminist theorizing in a third-wave
feminist age? 33
Savita Kumra

PART II ADVANCING WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP THEORY
4 Creativity in theorizing for women and leadership: a multi-paradigm
perspective 48
Julia Storberg-Walker
5 Social psychological approaches to women and leadership theory 65
Crystal L. Hoyt and Stefanie Simon
6 Sociological approaches to women and leadership theory: toward an
intersectional approach 84
Rana Abulbasal, Alicia Ingersoll, and Christy Glass
7 Communication approaches to gender and leadership theory 99
Carolyn M. Cunningham and Chrys Egan
8 Using organizational and management science theories to understand
women and leadership 111
Chantal van Esch, Pooja Khatija, Diana Bilimoria, and Karlygash Assylkhan
9 No woman left behind: critical feminist leadership development to build
gender consciousness and transform organizations 130
Laura L. Bierema, Eunbi Sim, and Weixin He

PART III INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATORS TO LEAD
10 Women’s leadership aspirations 152
Marlene Janzen Le Ber, Lynne E. Devnew, Ann M. Berghout Austin, Mary
Shapiro, and Beth Donchai
11 Women’s leadership ambition in early careers 171
Ruth Sealy, Charlotte Forsblad, and Nina Worts
12 Women’s leadership identity: exploring person and context in theory 187
Wendy Fox-Kirk and Chrys Egan
13 The role of purpose and calling in women’s leadership experiences 202
Karen A. Longman and Debbie Lamm Bray
14 Women, leadership, and power 220
Katharina Pick
15 Using neuroscience methods to explore gender differences in leadership 241
Amy L. Bartels and Suzanne J. Peterson
16 The connection between success, choice, and leadership for women 259
Sarah Leberman and Jane Hurst

PART IV GENDER-BASED LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS
17 A new framework for gender-based leadership barriers 276
Amy Diehl and Leanne M. Dzubinski
18 Organizational processes and systems that affect women in leadership 292
Aï Ito and Michelle Bligh
19 Individual stresses and strains in the ascent to leadership: gender, work,
and family 312
Amy E. Smith and Deneen M. Hatmaker
20 Gender stereotypes and unconscious bias 327
Deborah L. Rhode
21 Theorizing women leaders’ negative relations with other women 340
Sharon Mavin and Gina Grandy
22 The effect of media on women and leadership 357
Carole Elliott and Valerie Stead

PART V DEVELOPING WOMEN LEADERS
23 Advancing women through developmental relationships 374
Wendy M. Murphy, Kerry Roberts Gibson, and Kathy E. Kram
24 Gender differences in developmental experiences 392
Cathleen Clerkin, Diane M. Bergeron, and Meena S. Wilson
25 Women-only leadership programs: a deeper look 410
Mary Ellen Kassotakis
26 Supporting women’s career development 426
Deborah A. O’Neil, Margaret M. Hopkins, and Margaret E. Brooks
27 How men can be better allies for developing women leaders 439
April Townsend, Susan R. Madsen, and Robbyn T. Scribner
28 Future strategies for developing women as leaders 455
Faith Wambura Ngunjiri and Rita A. Gardiner
Afterword 468
Susan R. Madsen

Index 471