Women and Leadership

Contents: Preface. 1. Women and leadership. 2. Women in nontraditional professions. 3. Tradition of leadership. 4. Contingency theories for leadership. 5. Gender power in a time of leadership. 6. Defining and meaning for standards of leadership. 7. Leadership approach of women executives. 8. Political power from sheriff\'s wife to sheriff. 9. Women police chiefs and sheriffs. 10. Leadership processes: influence and its impact. 11. Leadership and women communication in the 21 century. 12. Twenty-first century big-city women and their leadership. Bibliography. Index.

"The women constituting fewer than 15% of the nation\'s police officers, women have found it especially difficult to rise through the ranks and achieve higher posts. Here, those few women who have made it to the top about 1% of the chiefs and higher posts in Indian policing share their stories and describe the challenges they faced as they rose to their positions. Each of the officer competed for their offices with other candidates, almost always male.

They are unique groundbreakers who have managed to breach the brass ceiling. This book is describing the leadership qualities of women and their impact on the society." (jacket)