Crossing the Bridge to Leadership
Exposing Ambition Among Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22166387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Cunneen (University College Dublin, corresponding author), Mary Elizabeth Cunneen |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2504-284X • E-ISSN: 2504-284X |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/feduc.2021.532253 |
| OpenAlex | W3137895040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Teaching is a profession dominated by women. Principalship, on the other hand, is an arena populated by men. This study, which reports from the Republic of Ireland, reveals the challenges and opportunities encountered by ten women, from a cross-section of school type and contexts, as they pursued a path to principalship. The nature of their personal contexts in addition to career ambitions formed in some cases earlier, in others later, in their teaching lives, acted as informants along their professional trajectories. Leadership is identified as a male prerogative, thereby providing additional hurdles for women as they cross the bridge to an arena that operates cultural climates conducive to male working practices. The women, in this study, articulated how national culture, organizational practices, and personal obligations all acted in tandem to assist or hinder in configuring their labyrinthine career aspirations
Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Prerogative · Public relations · Sociology · Education, Leadership, and Health Research · Law · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |