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The Female Leadership Paradox

In: The Female Leadership Paradox

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  • Mirella Visser

    (Centre for Inclusive Leadership)

Abstract

In this context, the title of this book refers to the relative absence of women in leadership (reality) and the resulting bias (perception) that they may have a general inability to be successful leaders. It also refers to the ambivalence women have toward the concept of leadership and its important elements of power and ambition. The title aims to defy the common notion that the under-representation of women in leadership is ‘simply the way it is’. There is no reason to question women’s ability to lead. Last, but not least, the title refers to the phenomenon, described in this chapter, that, often, the presence of feminine qualities in male leaders makes them great leaders and the same is true the other way round. A paradox is a set of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. It is also used to describe situations which are merely surprising or ironic. Often, one of the statements in the paradox is based on half-truths or biased assumptions.

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  • Mirella Visser, 2011. "The Female Leadership Paradox," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Female Leadership Paradox, chapter 0, pages 16-35, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30497-0_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230304970_4
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    1. Liu, Chelsea, 2018. "Are women greener? Corporate gender diversity and environmental violations," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 118-142.

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