Gender and Leadership in South African Educational Administration.

Chisholm, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ636437

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Publication Date: 2001

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Gender and Leadership in South African Educational Administration.

Chisholm, Linda

Gender and Education, v13 n4 p387-99 Dec 2001

Examines the phenomenon of South Africa's simultaneous transformation of its educational administration and the consolidation of earlier patriarchal forms of control. Using data from interviews with key department of education administrators, the article suggests that these developments can be explained by particular constructs and practices of leadership in educational administration that associate leadership and competence with masculinity, rationality, and whiteness. (SM)

Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities, Racial Discrimination, Sex Discrimination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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