Women Leaders in Higher Education
An Integrative Leadership Development Model
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This book offers an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of 24 women presidents of colleges and universities in the northeastern United States. Building on Madsen’s (2008) seminal work, the authors interpret these women’s leadership trajectories and practices through lenses of organizational behavior, leadership, psychology, and evolving societal context, introducing the Women’s Integrative Leadership Development (WILD) model. Ultimately, the book distills shared elements of women’s leadership into a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners in management, career development, HRD/HRM, and organizational behavior, addressing the scarcity of validated leadership development models for women.
Elizabeth Fisher Turesky is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine, USA. Her research focuses on experiential learning, leadership development, organizational change, and gender and leadership.
Carol J. Nemeroff is Professor and Dean of the School of Leadership Studies at the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Her research examines metacognitive approaches to ethical decision-making and gender and leadership.
This book examines the developed leadership perspectives and capacities of 24 women presidents in the northeastern United States from the lenses of organizational behavior and psychology. Building Madsen’s groundbreaking work (2008), it highlights how these women overcame challenges and biases to reach the presidency. Based on this analysis, the authors present the Women’s Integrative Leadership Development (WILD) model, which integrates and contextualizes the trajectories, relationships, personal characteristics, and leadership skills of the interviewees within an ever-evolving societal landscape.
Ultimately, this book distills the shared elements of successful women leaders, offering a valuable resource for those interested in management, career development, HRD, HRM, and organizational behavior, particularly as there are few validated models of leadership development tailored specifically for women.
Advances the work of Madsen (2008), whose research was based on 10 US women presidents in higher education Illustrates how women have overcome obstacles to ascend to the presidency of US universities and colleges Presents a cohesive conceptual framework for an empirically grounded and useful developmental model
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Elizabeth Fisher Turesky
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“In this book there is hope. Not just for women leaders and young women aspiring to become leaders but for all of us. Between the covers, we learn of the unique challenges that women face to become leaders and exercise influence in a world historically defined and dominated by men. But we also learn of the skills, capabilities and wisdom that women develop by confronting and overcoming these challenges. In the end, this isn’t a book about women leaders in education and the complex labyrinth they must navigate to become who they are capable of being. It is a book about our society and the leadership required for our future survival.” (Dr. William Pasmore, Professor of Practice of Social Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University)
“Women Leaders in Higher Education offers a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at women’s leadership in the higher education sector. Through in-depth conversations with women university presidents, the authors present an intriguing, holistic framework illuminating the dynamics and opportunity creation which women engage in to ascend to and thrive in leadership seats at the top of educational institutions.” (Dr. Diana Bilimora, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Wester Reserve University)
“A powerful and refreshing contribution to leadership scholarship, this work draws on women leaders’ narratives to introduce the WILD framework, showing how personal formation, relational wisdom, and visionary action intersect to foster transformative leadership that empowers individuals, enables organizations to flourish, and provides vital insights for scholars and educators.” (Dr. Kristen Snyder, Professor of Quality Management and Leadership, Mid-Sweden University)
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