Date of Award:
5-2014
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department:
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Department name when degree awarded
Education
Committee Chair(s)
Martha L. Whitaker
Committee
Martha L. Whitaker
Committee
Susan Turner
Committee
Michael Freeman
Committee
Susan R. Madsen
Committee
Sarah K. Clark
Abstract
Gender inequalities in the workplace continue to plague aspiring career-directed women. In public education, it is established that there are fewer women high school principals than there are men. In a profession predominantly employing women, the question remains, “Where are the women high school administrators”? This study examines the sociopolitical genders systems and psychological dynamics that perpetuate gender inequality. It then discusses the encumbered or constrained choices women make that are burdened or made more complicated by gendered sociopolitical or psychological dynamics. This study explored the unintentional career journeys of seven women high school principals and analyzed their career life histories.
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Recommended Citation
Hansen, Jan Bradshaw, "A Qualitative Study of Women High School Principals' Career Life Histories" (2014). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2158.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2158
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