Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Define Success as Work + Family in a Culture of Gender

Autor/inn/en	Cheung, Fanny M.; Halpern, Diane F.
Titel	Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Define Success as Work + Family in a Culture of Gender
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 65 (2010) 3, S.182-193 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0017309
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Leadership; Models; Females; Family Work Relationship; Gender Issues; Expectation; Family Environment; Power Structure; Status; Mothers; Economic Impact; Career Development; Personality Traits; Self Esteem; Cross Cultural Studies; Time Management; Resource Allocation; China; Hong Kong; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Führung; Führungsposition; Analogiemodell; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterfrage; Expectancy; Erwartung; Familienmilieu; Mother; Mutter; Ökonomische Determinanten; Berufsentwicklung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Zeitmanagement; Ressourcenallokation; Hongkong; USA
Abstract	How do women rise to the top of their professions when they also have significant family care responsibilities? This critical question has not been addressed by existing models of leadership. In a review of recent research, we explore an alternative model to the usual notion of a Western male as the prototypical leader. The model includes (a) relationship-oriented leadership traits, (b) the importance of teamwork and consensus building, and (c) an effective work-family interface that women with family care responsibilities create and use to break through the glass ceiling. We adopted a cross-cultural perspective to highlight the importance of relational orientation and work-family integration in collectivistic cultures, which supplements models of leadership based on Western men. Our expanded model of leadership operates in the context of a "culture of gender" that defines expectations for women and men as leaders. This complex model includes women in diverse global contexts and enriches our understanding of the interplay among personal attributes, processes, and environments in leadership. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10