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Dispelling the Myth of the "Queen Bee Syndrome": Assessing Women's Professional Relationships with Women in Christian Higher Education
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Jessica L. Tchindebet; Jamie H. Sanfilippo; TaRita D. Johnson; Karen A. Longman – Christian Higher Education, 2024
Over the past five decades, a gender stereotype known as "Queen Bee Syndrome" has persisted, portraying some women who have risen to leadership roles in male-normed organizations as being self-preservationist and individualistic, even to the extent of intentionally undermining the professional advancement of other women. Use of this term…
Descriptors: Females, Christianity, Professional Development, Sex Stereotypes
Expectations, Distrust and Corruption in Education: Findings on Prevention through Education Improvement
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Milovanovitch, Mihaylo – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2019
In this article we present results from research on how education environments may influence the propensity of education participants to engage in corrupt practices. We approached this task with the help of a conceptual framework that draws on rational choice and routine activity theory, and on economic models of human behaviour. The framework…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Deception, Crime, Behavior Patterns
Boston U. Chief Admits He Made Up Story of a Student with Learning Disabilities.
Strosnider, Kim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
In a speech, Boston University (Massachusetts) president Jon Westling used "Somnolent Samantha" as an example of potential for student abuse of identification as learning disabled. Because Samantha was fictitious, 10 students have sued the university, charging Westling with holding an unfair view of students with learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Presidents
The Effects of Personal and Situational Factors on University Administrators' Responses to Sexual Harassment.
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Gehlauf, DeeAnn N.; Popovich, Paula M. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A survey of 195 college managerial personnel investigated their responses to various sexual harassment scenarios (economic injury, hostile environment, or no harassment) with regard to offender status (supervisor or coworker). Predicted sex differences in complaint handling and belief in sexual harassment myths were not found. Other findings are…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, College Administration
Perceived Leader Behaviour and Students' Performance in Higher Education Physical Education.
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Onifade, Ademola – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The relationship between perceived leader behavior and student performance in higher education physical education was studied for 180 Nigerian college students, 30 lecturers, and 6 department heads. No relationship was found between perceived leader behavior and student performance or between leaders' and lecturers' perceptions of leader behavior.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Behavior Patterns
Communication Skills for Ethical Leadership Development: The Theory E Project. Preliminary Edition.
Meiswinkel, Lauren B. – 1988
This book provides the clarifying principles and practices for societal leaders who need to know there is a process, the Theory E project, that sheds light on the ethical leadership difference for the concrete dilemmas facing all key leaders. The book discusses ethical leadership communication in terms of the ethical leader's upper, downward, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns