Affiliation:
1. Old Dominion University, USA
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to provide insight, encouragement, and tools to African American female leaders whose leadership experiences have been impacted by racial and discriminatory acts in the workplace. African American women, having been assigned two disadvantaged social constructs, have unique lived experiences. These lived experiences provide understanding and knowledge into the realities of life for African American women. This chapter will share the lived experiences of African American, female, senior-level administrators in higher education, and underscore the complex factors that influenced their leadership traits, development, and style. This chapter will also discuss the temporal effect of lived experiences, demonstrating the link between past, present, and future leadership experiences for African American women. The chapter will also discuss the importance of the informal leadership that African American women provide to each other through sister-circle relationships. This chapter will conclude with recommendations and suggestions for future research.
Reference33 articles.
1. Understanding race and educational leadership in higher education
2. Authentic leadership: What it is, why it matters. (2021, May 7). CCL. https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/authenticity-1-idea-3-facts-5-tips/
3. Baker, P. B. (2005). Resilient Lives: A critical narrative inquiry into the triumphs and struggles of five African-American women with doctoral degrees. [Thesis, Georgia South University]. Electronic Theses and Dissertations. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/484
4. Baxter-Nuamah, M. (2015). Through the looking glass: Barriers and coping mechanisms encountered by African American women presidents at predominately white institutions. [Minnesota State University] ProQuest Dissertation and Thesis.
5. Using Narrative in Research