Women's Leadership

VALERIE STEAD is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Learning and Leadership at Lancaster University Management School, UK. CAROLE ELLIOTT is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Learning and Leadership at Lancaster University Management School, UK. With Sharon Turnbull she is the editor of Critical Thinking in Human Resource Development (2005).

• Introduction PART I: UNDERSTANDINGS OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Leadership and Leadership Development: common understandings Visualising Women's Leadership: stereotypes and metaphors PART II: GENDER, WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP Women's Experiences of Becoming Leaders Gender Matters PART III: PROGRESSING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP Women's Leadership Identity Women Learning Leadership Looking to the future: Reflections and conclusions