Document Type
Dissertation
Major/Program
Business Administration
First Advisor's Name
K. Galen Kroeck
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Elisabeth Prugl
Third Advisor's Name
Kevin B. Lowe
Fourth Advisor's Name
Sumit K. Kundu
Fifth Advisor's Name
William Newburry
Keywords
institution theory, cross-cultural, political, entrepreneurship, leadership, women
Date of Defense
10-28-2008
Abstract
This dissertation is a multi-level, cross-cultural study of women in leadership conducted with both macro-society data and individual-level data aggregated to the country level. The research questions are, “What macro and micro forces are hindering or advancing women into business or political leadership?” “How do these forces impact the level of women’s involvement in business and political leadership in a particular country?” Data was collected from 10 secondary sources, available for 213 countries, and includes about 300 variables for business leadership (N=115) and political leadership (N=181). To date, most women in leadership research has been Western- or US- based, and little rigorous empirical, multi-level research has been done across countries. The importance of cross-cultural studies on women in leadership stems from the potential to better understand why some countries have more women in positions of both business and political leadership; and the factors that affect women’s involvement in such positions in different countries. A “Levels of Women’s Participation in Leadership” country model is tested using cluster and discriminant analyses. Results indicate that the factors that affect women’s participation in leadership in countries with fewer women leaders are different from the factors that affect women’s participation in countries with high levels of participation. This dissertation proposes that initiatives to increase participation of women in leadership need to consider the relevant factors that significantly affect countries at certain Levels of Women’s Participation in Leadership.
Identifier
FI10022504
Recommended Citation
Bullough, Amanda M., "Global Factors Affecting Women's Participation in Leadership" (2008). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 184.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/184
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