The Underrepresentation of Female Superintendents
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| Title: | The Underrepresentation of Female Superintendents |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Sharon Deland |
| Source: | Journal for Leadership and Instruction. 2025 24(1):37-40. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Females, Women Administrators, Disproportionate Representation, Superintendents, Correlation, Self Efficacy, Occupational Aspiration, Gender Differences, Career Choice, Vocational Maturity, Decision Making |
| Geographic Terms: | New York |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale |
| ISSN: | 2475-6032 2475-6040 |
| Abstract: | This study examined the issue regarding the disparity of female public-school superintendents. The findings contribute to the current knowledge base regarding the underrepresentation of women in the chief executive position for a school district. It utilized Lent, Brown & Hackett's (2002) social cognitive career theory as its conceptual framework in that the dearth of female superintendents may be correlated to the differences in one's self-efficacy and self-imposed limitations. This study revealed that the underrepresentation of female superintendents is the result of two conditions. One is an ambition gap as a statistically significant difference existed between the percentage of males versus females who aspired to the superintendency. The second is the impact of the participants' self-evaluation and multiple roles balancing on their self-efficacy. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1481512 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study examined the issue regarding the disparity of female public-school superintendents. The findings contribute to the current knowledge base regarding the underrepresentation of women in the chief executive position for a school district. It utilized Lent, Brown & Hackett's (2002) social cognitive career theory as its conceptual framework in that the dearth of female superintendents may be correlated to the differences in one's self-efficacy and self-imposed limitations. This study revealed that the underrepresentation of female superintendents is the result of two conditions. One is an ambition gap as a statistically significant difference existed between the percentage of males versus females who aspired to the superintendency. The second is the impact of the participants' self-evaluation and multiple roles balancing on their self-efficacy. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-6032 2475-6040 |
