Flukes, Opportunities, and Planned Interventions: Factors Affecting Women’s Decisions to become School Administrators

By Michelle D. Young, S. Mcleod. 2001

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The impact of school leadership on school level factors: Validation of a causal model (2007, background): “And last but not least, gender appears to be an important factor in leading (Eagly, JohannesenSchmidt, & Van Engen, 2003; Krüger, 1999; Krüger et al., 2005; Newton et al., 2003; Young & McLeod, 2001).”
School leadership, sex and gender: welcome to difference (2008, background): “Gender appears to be an important factor in leading (Krüger 1999, Young and McLeod 2001, Eagly et al. 2003, Newton et al. 2003, Krüger et al. 2005, Trinidad and Normore 2005).”
Similarities and Differences in Role Conflict, Role Commitment, and Job Satisfaction for Female and Male High School Principals (2004, background): “…Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, documents a growing shortage of qualified candidates for the high school principalship in nearly all school districts in the United States (Houston, 1998; Protheroe, 2001; Young & McLeod, 2001).”
A perspective on women principals in Turkey (2005, background): “Many researchers have examined the issue of the under‐representation of women in educational administration (Young and McLeod 2001 ; McClay and Brown 2001 ; Bjork 2000 ).”