The Case for Women Mentoring Women |
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| Authors: | Betty Ann Block Tara Tietjen-Smith |
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| Institution: | 1. Health and Human Performance, Texas A &2. M University–Commerce, Commerce, Texasbetty.block@tamuc.edu;4. M University–Commerce, Commerce, Texas |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe authors argue that there will be a critical mass of women in leadership positions in kinesiology and across higher education for substantial gender-based mentoring to take place in the 21st century. First, the current state of women in higher education leadership, trends in mentoring, and the reasons it is important for women who have aspirations to advance in their careers are examined. The authors argue that it is important to have access to gender-based guidance and support that are critical to successful leadership into the future. The authors advocate for a focused, purposeful type of mentoring supported by relational-cultural theory and narrative practice. Men will continue to be important mentors for women, but the authors argue that, at the same time, women also need to have access to the perspectives of other women who have forged the way into higher education administration. |
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| Keywords: | Mentoring women and tenure women in higher education women in leadership women mentors |
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