Subject AreaSocial Science, Business & Economics, Psychology
AuthorCatherine H. Van Nostrand
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-033931
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentIntroduction Male Privilege, Power, and Process in Mixed GroupsPART ONE: AWARENESS: DETECTING BIASLeaders in Collusion How Leaders Perpetuate Male PrivilegeWords, Space, and Sexism How Males Enforce Entitlement Through Language and LocationNew Goals, Old Roles How Leader Favoritism Impedes Female and Male Role FlexibilityOverchallenged and Underrated Womens Struggle in Traditionally Male SpheresPeacock or Midwife Do You Lead by Telling or Asking?PART TWO: ACTION: IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONSIntervention is Needed, But Where Are the Credible Leaders?Appropriate Interventions How to Choose, Implement, and Evaluate Intervention Techniques
SynopsisBy combining sound feminist theory and group dynamic principles with information on how to be a leader in a nonhierarchical, consensus-oriented framework, this book offers a unique approach to leadership. It deals with such issues as: the way leaders collude in maintaining gender biases; how patriarchy, power and process can be viewed in relation to feminist theory and group dynamics; the frustrations that facilitators face as they deal with these; and how these frustrations can be dealt with through principles of effective leadership.