Jean Lau Chin is Professor and Dean of the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. She is a licensed psychologist and has held various leadership and management roles as executive director of a community health center, co-director of a child guidance clinic and regional director at a managed care company. Bernice Lott is Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island and is a former Dean of its University College.Joy K. Rice is a clinical psychologist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Emerita Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Janis Sanchez-Hucles is Professor of Psychology at Old Dominion University and works part-time as a clinical psychologist, consultant, and trainer.

“The promise and the power to transform leadership theory, practice, and research are given voice through the innovative data and diverse topics, contributors, and contexts explored in this impressive text.” Janice D. Yoder, University of Akron “Chin offers a timely collection of readings about past and present leaders…includes contributions from many respected and successful women…carefully crafted…excellent references enhance the discussion.”Choice "I opened this book with enthusiasm… .There is much to be appreciated." Times Higher Education Supplement

• Notes on Contributors viiiForeword xviAlice EaglyOverview: Women and Leadership: TransformingVisions and Diverse Voices 1Jean Lau ChinPart I Models of Leadership and Women: Reconciling the Discourses on Women, Feminism, and Leadership 19Bernice Lott1 Conducted Monotones to Coacted Harmonies: A Feminist (Re)conceptualization of Leadership Addressing Race, Class, and Gender 35Karen L. Suyemoto and Mary B. Ballou2 Diverse Feminist Communication Styles: Challenges to Women and Leadership 55Ann S. Yabusaki3 Women as Academic Leaders: Living the Experience from Two Perspectives 69A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert and Judith E. N. Albino4 Toward Culturally Competent, Gender-Equitable Leadership: Assessing Outcomes of Women’s Leadership in Diverse Contexts 88Ester R. Shapiro and Jennifer M. Leigh5 Gender and Leadership in the Corporate World: A Multiperspective Model 106Karen Korabik and Roya AymanPart II Collaboration and Leadership 125Joy K. Rice6 Leadership Through Policy Development: Collaboration, Equity, Empowerment, and Multiculturalism 140Norine G. Johnson, Florence L. Denmark, Dorothy W. Cantor, Diane F. Halpern, and Gwendolyn Puryear Keita7 Collaborative Leadership and Social Advocacy Among Women’s Organizations 157Joy K. Rice and Asuncion Miteria Austria8 Women, Collaboration, and Social Change: An Ethics-Based Model of Leadership 177Marlene G. Fine9 Strategic Planning: Gender, Collaborative Leadership, and Organizational Change 192Margaret E. MaddenPart III From Margin to Center: The Voices of Diverse Feminist Leaders 209Janis Sanchez-Hucles and Penny Sanchez10 Increasing Diverse Women Leadership in Corporate America: Climbing Concrete Walls and Shattering Glass Ceilings! 228Penny Sanchez, Phillip Hucles, Janis Sanchez-Hucles, and Sanjay C. Mehta11 Developing Transformational Leaders: Theory to Practice 245Natalie Porter and Jessica Henderson Daniel12 Feminist Leadership Among Latinas 264Melba Vasquez and Lillian Comas-Díaz13 Voices of Black Feminist Leaders: Making Spaces for Ourselves 281Ruth L. Hall, BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, and Michael Hucles14 Asian American Women Leaders: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Leadership 297Debra M. Kawahara, Edna M. Esnil, and Jeanette Hsu15 Feminist Leadership Among American Indian Women 314Clara Sue Kidwell, Diane J. Willis, Deborah Jones-Saumty, and Dolores S. Bigfoot16 Leadership and Collaboration among Women with Disabilities 330Martha E. Banks and Linda R. Mona17 Lesbian Women and Leadership: Which Comes First? 341Nancy L. Baker and Beverly GreeneConclusion: Transforming Leadership with Diverse Feminist Voices 355Jean Lau ChinIndex 363