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Overcoming Impediments the Influence of Culture and Gender as Obstacles and Catalysts in Leadership Development

Journal of Leadership and Management

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Title Overcoming Impediments the Influence of Culture and Gender as Obstacles and Catalysts in Leadership Development
 
Creator Montoya, Camilla; Camilla Montoya, M.S.
Lecturer of Psychological Sciences
Department of Psychological Science,
College of Liberal Arts,
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley,
1201 West University Dr. Edinburg,
Texas 78539-2999, USA
e-mail: camilla.montoya@utrgv.edu
 
Description In this case study, I examine the culture- and gender-imposed stereotypes that have acted both as obstacles and catalysts in the leadership development of Claudia Almeida, who was born in Brazil and immigrated to the United States as a young girl. Almeida is currently the Vice President of Sales for a large informational technology company in Atlanta, Georgia, an unlikely position for a woman, especially a single mother of a young girl, and a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). This paper is based on an interview I conducted with Almeida along with current research on the topic of women in leadership, and cultural leadership—both from a national and religious perspective. In this study, I explore how Almeida has been successfully able to use these potential impediments to her demanding career in a positive way that allows her to grow as both a woman and a leader in a field dominated by men.Keywords: leadership, gender, woman, mother, culture, Brazil, religion, Latter-day Saint, LDS, information technology
 
Publisher Institute of Leadership in Management
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2016-11-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/97
 
Source Journal of Leadership and Management; Vol 1, No 7-8 (2016): Journal of Leadership and Management
2391-6087
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/97/68
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Author & JLM
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