Women’s Experiences of Becoming Leaders

Valerie Stead and Carole Elliott

Chapter 3 in Women’s Leadership, 2009, pp 63-87 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This quotation from our interview with Baroness Betty Boothroyd, first woman Speaker of the House of Commons highlights the theme of this chapter: what are women’s experiences of becoming leaders? In this quotation Betty Boothroyd indicates that becoming an MP is not something that is done in isolation. In this account she describes the context to this achievement as the culmination of different experiences, and she also points out that there are relationships that support this role including contact with others. We concluded the previous chapter by proposing that we need more critical studies to explore women’s experiences of leading, so that we can gain a deeper insight into what enables women to become leaders. In this chapter therefore, we want to examine women’s accounts of their experiences of leadership. What influences women in their practice of leadership? How do they develop their leadership role and how do they maintain it?

Keywords: Role Model; Death Penalty; Disable People; Professional Network; Leadership Practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230246737_4

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