Does Gender Matter? A Multinational Study of Women Educational Leaders

• In Event: Measuring, Enacting, and Persistence: Multinational Women Leaders' Agency

Abstract

By using different national, cultural, and gender comparisons, this study sought to determine how women in a variety of education leadership positions navigate their roles as both women and leaders and the ways in which women from different cultures conceptualize their leadership experiences. Findings suggest that leadership was a gendered experience for participants in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, New Zealand (Māori), and the U.S. (African American women). By identifying those leadership characteristics that are common among females, regardless of culture and nationality, findings can support the development of women across educational leadership levels within educational systems and across nations.

Authors

• Virginia Roach, Fordham Graduate School of Education

• Abebayehu Aemero Tekleselassie, The George Washington University

• Gulay Dalgic, University of Auckland