Title
“The Ones Who Move Things Along”: How Women Mid-Level Managers Navigate Academic Landscapes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-27-2020
Publication Title
New Directions of Higher Education
Volume
2020
Issue
189
First page number:
25
Last page number:
39
Abstract
This chapter uses feminist and empowerment theories as a framework to examine how women in mid-level professional leadership perceive their level of influence and define leadership. Results indicate that empowerment behaviors are central when these women engage in opportunities to influence institutional decision-making, in the ways they identify individuals with power and influence and use their positionality to “move things along.”
Keywords
Feminist and empowerment theories; Mid-level professional leadership; Women leadership; Influence; Empowerment behaviors
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Repository Citation
García, H. A.,
Nehls, K.,
Florence, K.,
Harwood, Y.,
McClain, T.
(2020).
“The Ones Who Move Things Along”: How Women Mid-Level Managers Navigate Academic Landscapes.
New Directions of Higher Education, 2020(189),
25-39.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/he.20358