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dc.contributor.authorGroombridge, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorWorden, Suzette
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:13:07Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:13:07Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:09Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationGroombridge, Barbara and Worden, Suzette. 2006. : Complexity and Choice: Reassessing Support for Women in Leadership Programs, in Chesterman, Colleen (ed), Australian Technology Network Women's ExecutiveDevelopment (ATN WEXDEV) Conference: 'Change in Climate? Prospects for gender equity in universities'., 11 - 13 April 2006. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: Australian Technology Network Women's Executive Development (ATN WEXDEV).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19310
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Advice and support for achieving promotion is often one of the main tasks of leadership programs aimed at women in higher education. This paper will consider how leadership development strategies can be extended to meet current developments in higher education, where there is a need to respond to increasing complexity within the system, resulting from changes in government policy and the impact of globalisation.We propose that there is a need to address diversity in leadership roles to meet the challenge of complexity, as one outcome of a focus on promotion in leadership programs has been to emphasise and reinforce conventional managerial, hierarchical expectations of leadership. In this context, leadership is predominantly role-related and positional in nature. The ability to develop and change circumstances is gained through the power given by the role. Women in these roles are most often seen as successful leaders when they additionally demonstrate a nurturing and supportive approach.The paper will address the limitations of adopting this view of leadership and examine how leadership can be broadened by and for women in higher education. The paper will consider how different models of leadership in teaching and in research can be developed, and then their potential to influence broader leadership programs in higher education management.

dc.publisherAustralian Technology Network Women's Executive Development (ATN WEXDEV)
dc.subjectgender studies
dc.subjectleadership styles
dc.subjectpromotion
dc.subjectLeadership programs
dc.titleComplexity and Choice: Reassessing Support for Women in Leadership Programs
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titleATN WEXDEV - 2006 Conference Papers
dcterms.source.conferenceAustralian Technology Network Women's ExecutiveDevelopment (ATN WEXDEV) Conference: 'Change in Climate? Prospects for gender equity in universities'.
dcterms.source.conference-start-date11 - 13 April 2006
dcterms.source.conferencelocationAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
dcterms.source.placeUniversity of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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12 pages

curtin.departmentLearning Support Network, Department of Design
curtin.identifierEPR-930
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyDivision of Humanities
curtin.facultyFaculty of Built Environment, Art and Design (BEAD)
curtin.facultyDepartment of Design


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