Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?

This study examines the continued paucity of women police in key senior leadership positions. Despite the significant progress made by women in paid employment, they still face difficulties in entering into senior leadership roles. A plethora of studies on women in paid employment confirm the slow p...

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Main Authors: Anthony, M., Dayaram, Kandy
Other Authors: Gabriel Ogunmokun
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45266
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description This study examines the continued paucity of women police in key senior leadership positions. Despite the significant progress made by women in paid employment, they still face difficulties in entering into senior leadership roles. A plethora of studies on women in paid employment confirm the slow progress of women in key leadership roles. While the media often reports about the rise of women in leadership in the workplace, the reality appears to be in stark contrast. There are barriers that curtail a woman’s career growth for example the Police Force, an organization that is considered to be gendered. A case in point being the findings of interviews conducted with twenty police women in middle and senior leadership positions suggest that despite the American police force having implemented major changes to incorporate the subsequent growth of women into leadership roles, the number of women in key positions remains low. Moreover, women police officers are not judged by their capabilities, but rather, by a different set of rules.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-452662023-02-07T08:01:22Z Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police? Anthony, M. Dayaram, Kandy Gabriel Ogunmokun Rony Gabbay Janelle Rose This study examines the continued paucity of women police in key senior leadership positions. Despite the significant progress made by women in paid employment, they still face difficulties in entering into senior leadership roles. A plethora of studies on women in paid employment confirm the slow progress of women in key leadership roles. While the media often reports about the rise of women in leadership in the workplace, the reality appears to be in stark contrast. There are barriers that curtail a woman’s career growth for example the Police Force, an organization that is considered to be gendered. A case in point being the findings of interviews conducted with twenty police women in middle and senior leadership positions suggest that despite the American police force having implemented major changes to incorporate the subsequent growth of women into leadership roles, the number of women in key positions remains low. Moreover, women police officers are not judged by their capabilities, but rather, by a different set of rules. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45266 The Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development restricted
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Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
title Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
title_full Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
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title_full_unstemmed Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
title_short Gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
title_sort gendered leadership strategies: where are the women police?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45266