Gender-Responsible Leadership: Detecting Bias, Implementing Interventions / Edition 1

by Catherine H. van Nostrand

Overview

By combining sound feminist theory and group dynamic principles with information on how to be a leader in a nonhierarchical, consensus-oriented framework, this book offers a unique approach to leadership. It deals with such issues as: the way leaders collude in maintaining gender biases; how patriarchy, power and process can be viewed in relation to feminist theory and group dynamics; the frustrations that facilitators face as they deal with these; and how these frustrations can be dealt with through principles of effective leadership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803940505
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/01/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Male Privilege, Power, and Process in Mixed Groups
PART ONE: AWARENESS: DETECTING BIAS
Leaders in Collusion
How Leaders Perpetuate Male Privilege
Words, Space, and Sexism
How Males Enforce Entitlement Through Language and Location
New Goals, Old Roles
How Leader Favoritism Impedes Female and Male Role Flexibility
Overchallenged and Underrated
Women's Struggle in Traditionally Male Spheres
Peacock or Midwife
Do You Lead by Telling or Asking?
PART TWO: ACTION: IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS
Intervention is Needed, But Where Are the Credible Leaders?
Appropriate Interventions
How to Choose, Implement, and Evaluate Intervention Techniques