Introduction
Perhaps the most important issue relating to women leaders today is that although they represent half the population, women continue to be dramatically underrepresented within leadership roles around the world. Women’s underrepresentation in leadership worsens toward the top of almost any organizational, governmental, or educational power structure. The underrepresentation of women in leadership is of critical importance due to the fundamental roles leaders play in relation to society. Leaders within business, law, government, education, and other arenas determine laws, make decisions about what consumers will see on shelves, and help to define societal norms. As a result, women’s continued underrepresentation as leaders presents an important ethical issue. This entry reviews factors related to women’s underrepresentation within leadership.
Background
Within...
Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
References
Catalyst (2007) The double-bind dilemma for women in leadership: damned if you do, doomed if you don’t. http://www.catalyst.org/system/files/The_Double_Bind_Dilemma_for_Women_in_Leadership_Damned_if_You_Do_Doomed_if_You_Dont.pdf. Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
Catalyst (2016) Pyramid: women in S&P 500 companies. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-sp-500-companies. Retrieved 4 Feb 2016
Hoppe MJ (2007) Culture and leader effectiveness: the GLOBE study. http://www.inspireimagineinnovate.com/pdf/globesummary-by-michael-h-hoppe.pdf. Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
Kahneman D, Lovallo D, Sibony O (2011) Before you make that big decision. Harv Bus Rev 89(6):50–60
United Nations (2016) UN Commission on the status of women. http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw. Retrieved 4 Feb 2016
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this entry
Cite this entry
Wolf, E., Boyd, E.M. (2016). Women Leaders. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2398-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2398-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-31816-5
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Economics and FinanceReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences