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This book explores the opportunities and challenges women leaders face in emerging markets. Based on cutting-edge research, the topics are brought to life through examples and profiles of leading women across Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.
List of contents
Foreword: Women’s Leadership in Emerging Markets Kathryn Kolbert and Prof Nick Binedell
Overview and Orientation to the Book Shireen Chengadu and Caren Scheepers
1. Macro-level Perspective on Women Leadership Shireen Chengadu and Pravina Makan-Lakha
2. Women Leadership in Context Caren Scheepers
3. Women Movements in Emerging Markets Caren Scheepers, Sonja Swart; Kelly Alexander and Hema Parbhoo
4. Women Leaders in Education Sunny Stout-Rostron
5. Institutional Level Interventions on Women Leadership Desray Clark and Verity Hawarden
6. Workplace Barriers Faced by Women Leaders in Emerging Markets Ashleigh Shelby Rosette and Jasmien Khattab
7. Women Leadership in Entrepreneurial Contexts Yogavelli Nambiar and Renuka Methil
8. Women in Professional Services Cecily Carmona
9. Women Leadership in Corporate Enterprises Maxine Jaffit and Kelly Alexander
10. Women on Boards Shirley Zinn, Mpho Nkeli, Cecily Carmona and Hema Parbhoo
11. Conclusion Caren Scheepers, Shireen Chengadu and Kerry-Lee Durant
About the author
Shireen Chengadu is an adjunct faculty member at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria and Founding Director of Chengadu Advisory, both in South Africa. Her advisory business and lecturing expertise lies in unlocking full leadership value through the intersectionality of gender, race and class, and business, government, and society.
Caren Scheepers is Senior Lecturer on Contextual Leadership and Organizational Development and Change at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Psychology and is an accredited professional coach with the International Coaching Federation.
Summary
This book explores the opportunities and challenges women leaders face in emerging markets. Based on cutting-edge research, the topics are brought to life through examples and profiles of leading women across Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.
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"Chengadu and Scheepers have written an important and innovative book, bringing to life the often unheard voices of female leaders in emerging markets and challenging the dominant narrative of Western and Eurocentric leadership paradigms. Through thisframework, the editors skillfully illuminate the resilience of these pioneers and the trends they are setting."
Debora Spar, President, Barnard College, USA
