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.

Table des matières

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: 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
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108708081
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70808-1
• Pages: 75
• Thèmes: Elements in Public and Nonprof; Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie appliquée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; 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