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“The Ones Who Move Things Along” : How Women Mid‐Level Managers Navigate Academic Landscapes
Author(s) -
García Hugo A.,
Nehls Kimberly,
Florence Kimberly,
Harwood Yvonne,
McClain Tamara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20358
Subject(s) - empowerment , higher education , power (physics) , sociology , public relations , power structure , political science , ethnography , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , law
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.”