Gender Imbalance in Public Sector Leadership - The Glass Cliff in Public Service Careers

The authors explore the complex, gendered puzzle and careers behind women's underrepresentation in public-sector organizational leadership.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Crisis in Italy, opportunity in South America: theatrical economies at the turn of the twentieth century; 2. Mocchi in South America: the Sociedad Teatral ¿talo-Argentina; 3. Mocchi in Italy: the early years of the Società Teatrale Internazionale; 4. Becoming the 'Buffalo Bill of Italian impresarios': Mocchi and La Teatral; 5. Mocchi and World War I: new challenges, new cooperations; 6. New initiatives, new controversies: Mocchi in the 1920s and 1930s; Epilogue.

Summary

Women are still underrepresented as public-sector organizational leaders, despite comprising half of the United States' workforce. Using a problem-driven approach, inductive and deductive research, the authors explore the complex puzzle of gendered experiences and career paths that provide insights into gender imbalanced leadership in this domain.

Product details

• Authors: Leisha DeHart-Davis, Leisha (University of North Carolina Dehart-Davis, Deneen Hatmaker, Kim Nelson, Kimberly L Nelson, Kimberly L. Nelson, Sanjay Pandey, Sanjay K Pandey, Sanjay K. Pandey, Sheela Pandey, Pandey Sanjay K., Amy Smith, Amy E Smith, Amy E. Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108708081
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70808-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Public and Nonprof; Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Social groups, Organizational theory & behaviour, Office & workplace, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Office and workplace, Gender studies: women and girls, Non-profitmaking organizations, Organizational theory and behaviour, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Public ownership / nationalization, Social groups, communities and identities, gender; gender and leadership; gender-imbalanced leadership