Inclusion Policy and Authentic Leadership: A Real Challenge for Women and Men Leaders

Politique d’inclusion et leadership authentique: Un véritable enjeu pour les femmes et les hommes leaders

Sarah Saint-Michel ()
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Sarah Saint-Michel: UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, PRISM Sorbonne - Pôle de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences du management - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Demonstrating authentic leadership requires an accurate self-understanding and the ability to convey one's deeply held values with conviction. Doing so also implies being perceived as legitimate by one's subordinates. Despite significant progress in promoting women to decision-making positions, men continue to be implicitly recognized as both exercising and embodying leadership. Consequently, being sincere and enacting leadership authentically may constitute a real challenge for women. This applies, on the one hand, to the expression of their leadership, free from perceptual bias and stereotypical expectations, and, on the other hand, to the evaluation of their leadership competence. This article seeks to shed light on the organizational environment that grants leaders the freedom to enact authentic leadership. Through a single case study of a company renowned for its commitment to gender diversity and employee inclusion, we examine the organizational conditions that enable both women and men leaders to enact authentic leadership.

Keywords: Authentic Leadership; Women leaders; Diversity and Inclusion; HRM - Human resource management; Leadership authentique mixité inclusion genre et leadership Authentic Leadership mixing inclusion gender and leadership Suite aux nombreux scandales financiers durant les années 2000 (Enron Worldcom; Leadership authentique; mixité; inclusion; genre et leadership; Worldcom; gender and leadership Suite aux nombreux scandales financiers durant les années 2000 (Enron; mixing; genre et leadership Authentic Leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10-20
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Published in @GRH, 2021, N° 41 (4), pp.141-166. ⟨10.3917/grh.041.0141⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/grh.041.0141

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