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Awakenings: An authentic leadership development program to break the glass ceiling

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dc.contributor.authorMartínez Martínez, Miryam
dc.contributor.authorMolina López, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorCabo, Ruth Mateos de
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Pérez, Susana
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Gregorio
dc.contributor.authorGabaldón, Patricia
dc.contributor.funderFederación Española de Enfermedades Raras
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Estatal de Investigación
dc.contributor.funderUniversidad San Pablo - CEU
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractCompanies are vital agents in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. One key role that businesses can play in achieving the 5th Sustainable Development Goal on gender equality is implementing training programs for their women executives so they can reach top corporate leadership positions. In this paper,we test the effectiveness of an Authentic Leadership Development (ALD) program for women executives. By interviewing 32 participants from this ALD program and building on authentic leadership theory,we find that this program lifts women participants’ self-efficacy perception,as well as their self-resolution to take control of their careers. The driver for both results is a reflective thinking process elicited during the program that leads women to abandon the stereotype of a low status role and lack of self-direction over time. Through the relational authenticity developed during the program,women participants develop leadership styles that are more congenial with their gender group,yet highly accepted by the in-group leader members,which enhances their social capital. After the program,the women participants flourished as authentic leaders,were able to activate and foster their self-esteem and social capital,and enhanced their agency in career advancement,increasing their likelihood of breaking the glass ceiling. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI,Basel,Switzerland.
dc.description.fundingtypeThis research was funded by (i) the Spanish Government (Project I+D+i FEM2017?83006-R; PID2020-114183RB-I00; funded by AEI/FEDER, UE); and (ii) Chair Universidad CEU San Pablo– Mutua Madrileña (060516-USPMM-02/17). We acknowledge the generosity of CEOE (Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations) and specially to Gabriela Uriarte and Susana Sanchiz, former and current Promociona Project directors, without whom the present study could not have been completed. We also thank to Ricardo Gimeno, Teresa Mariño and Almudena Sánchez for their comments and suggestions and Carmen Meneses for teaching the authors how to perform a qualitative analysis. We are also thankful the undergraduate students that helped us to transcribe the interviews. Finally, we would like to thank the interviewees for their generosity and their willingness to tell us about their professional and vital experiences.
dc.description.keywordAuthentic leadership
dc.description.keywordAuthentic leadership development program
dc.description.keywordGlass ceiling
dc.description.keywordWomen executives
dc.description.peerreviewedyes
dc.description.statusPublished
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dc.identifier.citationMartínez-Martínez, M., Molina-López, M. M., Mateos de Cabo, R., Gabaldón, P., González-Pérez, S., & Izquierdo, G. (2021). Awakenings: an authentic leadership development program to break the glass ceiling. Sustainability, 13(13), 74-76.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13137476
dc.identifier.issn20711050
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3061
dc.issue.number13
dc.journal.titleSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.total23
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.departmentEconomics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.projectID060516-USPMM-02/17
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution 4,0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAuthentic leadership; Authentic leadership development program; Glass ceiling; Women executives
dc.subject.keywordAuthentic leadership
dc.subject.keywordAuthentic leadership development program
dc.subject.keywordGlass ceiling
dc.subject.keywordWomen executives
dc.subject.otherdetection method
dc.subject.othergender
dc.subject.otherleadership
dc.subject.othersustainable development
dc.subject.otherSustainable Development Goal
dc.subject.othertraining
dc.titleAwakenings: An authentic leadership development program to break the glass ceiling
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