The Language of Female Leadership (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403997883)

Could language be a reason why women are under-represented at senior level in the business world? The Language of Female Leadership investigates how female leaders actually use language to achieve their business and relational goals. The author proposes that the language of women leaders is shaped by the type of corporation they work for. Based on the latest research, three types of 'gendered corporation' appear to affect the way women interact with colleagues: the male-dominated, the gender-divided and the gender-multiple. This book shows that senior women have to carry out extra 'linguistic work' to make their mark in the boardroom. In male-dominated and gender-divided corporations, women must develop an extraordinary linguistic expertise just to survive. In gender-multiple corporations, this linguistic expertise helps them to be highly regarded and effective leaders.

Author: J. Baxter
ISBN-10: 1403997888
ISBN-13: 9781403997883
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2009
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.70d