Women in Leadership Commemorative Issue: Selected Conference Papers 1998-2000
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Edith Cowan University Research Online ECU Publications Pre. 2011 2001 Women in leadership commemorative issue: selected conference papers 1998-2000 Adrianne Kinnear Lelia Green Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks Part of the Women's Studies Commons Kinnear, A. & Green, L. (2001). Women in leadership commemorative issue: selected conference papers 1998-2000. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University. This Conference Proceeding is posted at Research Online. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks/6994 Edith Cowan University Copyright Warning You may print or download ONE copy of this document for the purpose of your own research or study. The University does not authorize you to copy, communicate or otherwise make available electronically to any other person any copyright material contained on this site. You are reminded of the following: Copyright owners are entitled to take legal action against persons who infringe their copyright. 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COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS 1998-2000 WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP 1998 Women as Leaders: A Global Challenge 1999 Looking at our Future: Listening to the Past 2000 Keeping Gender on the Agenda Editors: Adrianne Kinnear Lelia Green EDITH COWAN UHIVERSllY LIBRARY The International Women in Leadership Conference is part of the Women in Leadership Project at Edith Cowan University, which is funded by the University. Editorial Committee Acknowledgements Claire Andrews Muriel Bertuch Akiko !no-Meggs Linda J aunzems Robyn Quin Michelle Valdrighi ISBN 0-7298-0506-9 © Women in Leadership 2001 Publisher: Edith Cowan University Pearson Street, Churchlands, Perth, Western Australia PREFACE On behalf of Edith Cowan University it is a pleasure to introduce this commemorative issue of papers presented at the 1998 - 2000 Women in Leadership (WIL) Conferences. This year, 2001, is the tenth year of our highly acclaimed WIL conferences so it is timely to produce such a volume to celebrate our achievements in putting into the public domain a better understanding of the complex interplay between gender, structure, culture and strategy in organisational settings. At worst there is discriminatory practice, at best improvement and enterprise. The volume contains 41 papers which have been blind reviewed by peers to determine their suitability for inclusion. As such the set of papers represents a significant contribution in theory and in practice to the emerging areas of gender, leadership, diversity and organisational development. ECU may be a young University but it has a long tradition of support for women and the provision of opportunities for their further education and training. From our first year in 1902 women were enrolled in teacher education programs. I am proud that my own grandmother is a graduate from the class of 1907. Edith Cowan was a pioneering West Australian who, as an older person, was the first woman elected to an Australian parliament. During her time in office she advocated for legislation which was enacted that allowed women to work in professions such as law. I am sure she would not have been surprised that ECU has had an active agenda for Women in Leadership or that currently we have a female Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professors Poole and Harman. This v9lume would not have been possible without the efforts of a number of women, in particular Dr Lelia Green and Associate Professor Adrianne Kinnear. Both of them have worked tirelessly and with utmost professionalism to bring this project to fruition. It is appropriate to also acknowledge here the valuable work of Ms Linley Lord who was formerly the Director of Equity and Diversity at ECU. During her time in this role she was the very active public face of WIL and convenor of successful successive conferences. I invite you to read these interesting and provocative papers. I hope you will find the time to debate them with others, learn from the shared experiences and apply the insights to your own practice. It is by reflecting on the stories underlying the papers as well as on your own life histories that more women will be in a position to model forms of leadership that can empower all of us. Professor Susan Holland Pro Vice-Chancellor (Cross Sectoral Alliances and Access) 31 October, 2001 CONTENTS CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 1 PREFACE .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1999 2020 VISION OR Y3K?< >••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 KATHRYN BRENNAN CRITICAL MASS lMPACT: DEVELOPING A NETWORK TO ADYANCE WOMEN'S 1993 LEADERSHIP< >•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12 COLLEEN CHESTERMAN 2000 CHANGING THE RULES; CHANGING THE CULTURE< > ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 HELENCREEN FROM GRASS ROOTS TO TREES: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN 1993 ACTION< >•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 24 SHELDA DEBOWSKI 1993 THE POWER OF CHOICE IN THE POSTMODERN CONDITION< >••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 32 EVADOBOZY WOMEN ACTIVATING LEADERSHIP<1999l ..................................................................................38 JOAN EVELINE AND LORRAINE HAYDEN 2000 THE POLITICS OF 'TEACHING 'MANAGING DIVERSITY' IN THE UNIVERSITY< > •.45 JOAN EVELINE AND TRISH TODD WHAT IS A BUSINESS WOMAN? 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