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33. Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration: Strategies for Fulfillment and Well-Being

Authors : Kerri Heath, Margaret J. Weber

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Well-Being

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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For decades, women in leadership have been trying to “reimagine the future of workplace well-being” in order to instigate human flourishing. In 2009, a research team formed at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology to better understand the issues that women in leadership face regarding work-life balance. This group formed a qualitative research study to investigate the phenomenon of women leaders who are juggling the demands of multiple roles at work and at home. The research team, led by Dr. Margaret J. Weber, is now in its tenth year and has grown to be more than 25 researchers working with a dataset representing over 600 women in various age groups, ethnicities, geographic regions, global perspectives, cultural thoughts, and professional expertise. The team has evolved and produced a series of books, articles, conference presentations, and friendships. As a result of this research project, women are reimagining ways to integrate work and family in order to reach human flourishing. The results from the study are shared in this chapter.

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Title: Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration: Strategies for Fulfillment and Well-Being
Authors: Kerri Heath
Margaret J. Weber
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Well-Being
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-30024-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-30025-8

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30025-8_35